Tuesday evening I was part of a small group (about 25) of like minded
Canadians who were peacefully protesting across the street from the
American Consulate on University Avenue. This protest included a small
candle light vigil, a few signs and some soft singing and praying. At
around 7:30 pm a uniformed RCMP officer approached our group to demand that
we tell her what "group" we were affiliated with. She then produced a
notebook ready to take notes about our group affiliation. I was quite
surprised and a little bit concerned. We refused because none of us
belonged to any "group". When did the RCMP start monitoring peace
activists? I find this behaviour on the part of the RCMP to be somewhat
alarming. If they are monitoring a group of peaceful activists, who aren't
causing any civil disobedience, one wonders what actions they are taking
behind the scenes against those they feel are "radicals"?
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=303916&group=webcast
I was out walking one night when asked for my name and address by some
avuncular P.I.G.S,they said,"Oh we don't care it's just for our Sergeant
and he doesn't know you from a bar of soap."
I replied that I unless I was under arrest I wasn't going to tell them a
thing and there sgt probably wanted to turn me INTO a bar of soap.That shut
them up.
