Critics demand RCMP review
UNNATI GANDHI
Globe and Mail Update
August 24, 2007 at 1:25 AM EDT
Opposition parties are calling on the RCMP to review how it handled security at this week's Montebello summit after Quebec's provincial police force admitted late Thursday that three undercover officers had disguised themselves as demonstrators during a protest.
A video of the demonstration broadcast on the Internet – which shows three men with bandanas across their faces and large rocks in their hands taunting union members before being handcuffed and escorted away by police in riot gear – was at the centre of a controversy that erupted following the North American leaders meeting.
Those at the protest said the officers were acting like agents provocateurs by provoking violence from within the crowd.
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punditman says: Well folks, we now have a confirmation and an admission on the part of the Quebec Provinvial Police that these guys were infiltrators. How far up the chain of command does this go?
