The RCMP abandoned its policy of allowing protesters to peacefully
disperse when it assisted the municipal Toronto police force in three
“kettling” incidents during the G20 summit in June 2010, a watchdog
report says. RCMP officers on the ground during the summit expressed
concerns about using the “kettling” tactic — forcibly boxing in
protesters — but relented because they were officially under the command
of other police forces.
Other than that criticism, however, the report from the Commission
for Public Complaints Against the RCMP nearly completely exonerates the
force’s actions during the summit, for which more than two dozen
complaints were filed. The national force acted in a “reasonable and
appropriate” manner during the violence-marred summit, the report said.
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