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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
No excuse for this, but people have some right to be pissed. I have a friend in Toronto who said the citizens aren't allowed to go to establishments or walk down streets in certain areas. He told me the cops were very rude about it too, calling them fags and pretty much trying to challenge them to fights.
Again, no excuse for violence, but their city was pretty much made into a police state during this convention and people hate seeing their freedom taken away.
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From Wikipedia:
The term
police state describes a
state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of
totalitarianism and
social control, and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of
political power by the
executive.
The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a
secret police force which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state.
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I would like to see these courageous "protesters" bring their act to a real police state. like Iran or North Korea.