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Originally Posted by Flames89
The police won the public sentiment vote on Saturday, but lost it by Sunday night.
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what exactly are you basing this on? From what I can tell, there has been no mass poll to determine public opinion. A better statement might be "the police won MY sentiment on saturday, but lost it sunday night."
Based on the incredible number of public comments and posts on media websites across Canada, I am guessing that the coming weeks will make it clear that the majority of Canadians were strongly opposed to the demonstrations, and in support of the police actions(I may be wrong though)
At the end of the day, chaotic situations precipitate a chaotic response. Of course stories are going to surface of police mishandling non-violent protestors/journalists etc... How are police supposed to respond in a controlled manner to this sort of situation? While the actions of the police may have been over the line in certain instances, it is the violent protestors that precipitated a situation where a reasonable and controlled response by the police was impossible.