Okay. Let's look at the G20. I felt the police did a good job at trying to control a crowd several orders of magnitude bigger than they were. Some of the protesters were violent and destructive (looting / burned police cars), most were not, but how are the authorities to know?

The most egregious mistake they made was having it in downtown Toronto. It was a rushed job. The only other major mistake was when police cordoned off a large group of peaceful protesters on Queen St and did not let them out for hours while in the pouring rain. Clearly an error in judgement or communication but is was an inconvenience and protesters got an apology.

To say that G20 protesters had it bad is an injustice to real protestors (MLK / Freedom Riders, Gandhi, Mandela and others we will never know of) who risked their lives for a just cause.

BTW what does Jane / Finch have to do with the article?