[Gipfelsoli Newsletter] Ontario

[International Newsletter]

- Police seize hundreds of bullets in arrests of three Ottawa men
- Police expected to announce charges Saturday in Ottawa bank firebombing
- G20 police arsenal includes plastic bullets
- Dance Dance Dance - The CLAC vs. Lykkie Li(Buraka Som Sistema rmx) ~ G20 Rmx
- G20 activists jailed for poster
- Police ask protesters to report violent members
- Police deny reports of stolen uniforms

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Police seize hundreds of bullets in arrests of three Ottawa men

Group of suspected anti-capitalist arsonists are accused of  
firebombing a bank last month
Colin Freeze (Includes Correction)

Police say they seized hundreds of bullets while raiding a group of  
suspected anti-capitalist arsonists who are accused of firebombing an  
Ottawa bank.

However, they retreated from Saturday?s initial claims they had  
recovered ?sniper?-grade ammunition ? .50-calibre bullets ? during  
Friday?s raids.

?Ottawa Police did not recover .50-caliber ammunition as stated,? the  
police force said in a statement Saturday afternoon.

They said they recovered ?hundreds of rounds? of 7.62-millimetre  
bullets in boxes with ?.50 caliber markings.?

The clarification made the seizure somewhat less alarming, as the  
latter category of round is less restricted and can be more easily  
acquired through legal means.

More:  
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/police-seize-hundreds-of-bullets-in-arrests-of-three-ottawa-men/article1610464/


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Police expected to announce charges Saturday in Ottawa bank firebombing

OTTAWA - Police are expected to provide more details today about  
arrests and charges made in the firebombing of an Ottawa bank.

Ottawa police have scheduled a news conference that will include the  
RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police.

Police have said charges would be laid by today and reports say up to  
three people were arrested Friday.

A firebomb was tossed into a Royal Bank branch on May 18.

The incident was recorded on video and posted online by the perpetrators.

More: http://www.am1150.ca/news/14/1156675


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G20 police arsenal includes plastic bullets

Police tactical teams have been practising with plastic bullets and  
tear gas at a Canadian military base near Toronto in case protesters  
at the G8 and G20 summits turn violent.

Officers confirm they will have dozens of anti-riot weapons that were  
originally developed at the request of the British military for crowd  
control in Northern Ireland.

The weapon, the ARWEN 37, is promoted as ?less lethal.? The gun is  
designed to fire tear-gas canisters and large, 37-millimetre plastic  
bullets ? also referred to as rubber bullets ? from distances of up to  
100 metres. ARWEN is short for Anti Riot Weapon Enfield.

More: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/18/arwen-weapon-summits.html


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Dance Dance Dance - The CLAC vs. Lykkie Li(Buraka Som Sistema rmx) ~ G20 Rmx

Download mp3 13.94 MB:  
http://soundcloud.com/b-shrp/dance-dance-dance-the-clac-vs-lykkie-li-buraka-som-sistema-rmx-g20-rmx/download

Buraka son sistem?s remix of dance dance dance ? with some samples  
overlaid from some friends coming to toronto for the G20 protests. ;)

for more info check this: http://g20.torontomobilize.org

More:  
http://soundcloud.com/b-shrp/dance-dance-dance-the-clac-vs-lykkie-li-buraka-som-sistema-rmx-g20-rmx#play


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G20 activists jailed for poster

By JANE SIMS

About 200 kilometres from where world leaders will soon gather, two  
London political activists spent the night in city police cells over  
posters inviting people to Toronto to protest the G8 and G20 summits.

Darius Mirshahi, 25, and Andrew Cadotte, 19, flashed a peace sign and  
stood on the courthouse steps moments after their releases Wednesday  
afternoon and ripped open the police-issued, clear plastic bags  
containing their personal effects.

As the wind whipped up and papers flew, defence lawyer Dale Ives  
cautioned them: ?Don?t let that blow away guys or they?ll charge you  
with littering.?

Mirshahi, a founder of the Fanshawe College social justice club and  
Cadotte, who raises money for the Red Cross, Greenpeace and Amnesty  
International, are accused of gluing protest posters on  
government-owned mailboxes and hydro boxes.

They?re each charged with seven counts of mischief.

But observers think the message, not the crime, was what kept them in custody.

The two men agreed on a release order that they promise to maintain  
their residences and ?keep the peace and be of good behaviour.?

More: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/06/17/14420391.html


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Police ask protesters to report violent members

TORONTO - Police Chief Bill Blair has sent a warning to protesters  
that any violent members should be reported to the police.

Blair tells The Sun that these rioters will likely manipulate the  
large crowds in order to incite violence.

Toronto Police are expecting many different kinds of protesters for  
the upcoming G-20 events, and are seeking the help of more peaceful  
protesters to keep an eye out for trouble makers who might try to  
start a riot.

More:  
http://www.680news.com/news/local/article/64002--police-ask-protesters-to-report-violent-members


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Police deny reports of stolen uniforms

Drew Halfnight

Toronto Police could not confirm a report earlier today that 13 or  
more of their uniforms had been stolen from dry cleaning shops around  
the city in the past few days.

The report was posted on 680News.com and cited unnamed Toronto Police Mores.

It also said police fear the uniforms could be used by people wishing  
to misrepresent themselves as officers.

More:  
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/15/police-deny-reports-of-stolen-uniforms