This message was posted today on the g8-plan list.... The police manipulation it documents hearkens back to a similar police campaign launched in the months prior to the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. Note that the RCMP have also been documented making the rounds of Southern Alberta schools as part of the fear campaign designed to quash support for those who oppose the G8.
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Hello,
Recently the legal collective was looking to rent space for a movie and training night. We first approached Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre [in central Calgary], everything was going well and we were just about to book it when the woman nervously asked if this was to do with the g8, and were we going to post this and put posters up. Apparently the police had contacted them earlier and they were told that if they rented for any "anti" g8 related events they would be opening themselves up to the possibility of bomb threats. The woman took this very seriously and although she was very sorry, we couldn't rent it. The police are going around to our community centres and scaring the hell out of people. Their blatent abuse of "authority never ceases to amaze me. Sorry just needed to grip,
In solidarity
Laura Shevchenko
email: seaturtle90@hotmail.com
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