The people involved were standing on a traffic only bridge on a 8 lane section of the Queensway, otherwise known as highway 417 - it was certainly a public safety issue.
Given that that the Chief of the Ottawa department made it quite clear that transgender people would be treated with respect, his officers escorted the marchers, stopped traffic at intersections, kept a few idiots at bay and even allowed the march to take up both northbound lanes of Elgin Street. well, I'd say that this was not a case of police fail. It was, however, a monumental fail on the part of a few people who had a banner that read "remember Stonewall".
There was trust, there was a bridge opened by the police department - what a shame that people rejected it because of an event that happened before they were born.
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Date: 2010-11-24 01:46 am (UTC)Given that that the Chief of the Ottawa department made it quite clear that transgender people would be treated with respect, his officers escorted the marchers, stopped traffic at intersections, kept a few idiots at bay and even allowed the march to take up both northbound lanes of Elgin Street. well, I'd say that this was not a case of police fail. It was, however, a monumental fail on the part of a few people who had a banner that read "remember Stonewall".
There was trust, there was a bridge opened by the police department - what a shame that people rejected it because of an event that happened before they were born.