Toronto Picket Report - May 21st, 2001
Something unprecented happened today that has never happened in four
years of Toronto pickets! It rained...
In attendance, Gregg, Keith, Mike, Kaili, Zeratul, Slippery Jim and
myself.
The picket was scheduled to start at 1pm, but since it was technically
pissing sideways, we decided that it was a good time for lunch. (I pity
the poor bastards that had to march in the Victoria Day parade. I hope
they got a chance of a nice warm shower and change of clothes right
afterwards.)
Now that I've met Keith Henson I can personally say that the thought of
anyone being terrified of him is pretty silly.
After lunch, the rain slacked off a bit. The day was rather slow due
the rain, and we had only intended to stick around for 15-20 minutes,
but Co$ was at cause over us, and forced us to stay for an hour and a
half. Rather than calling the good squad (not answering your phone
today Dan?), the org called the police. We weren't going to leave and
have it said that it was because of the police.
The two officers were there for 20 minutes, then their sergeant arrived
(whom I'll refer to as The Big Guy). After a bit, he got on the phone
to somebody higher up the ladder. The two officers came out, and we
were curious to hear what shore story they'd been told, but they
couldn't tell us. It definitely didn't involve the expected false claim
that the org owns the public sidewalk under their overhang. It seems
that they were telling stories about Keith. Keith explained his
situation to them. Since he wasn't carrying any obvious nuclear
missiles or attack eagles, they saw no problem with a legal and peaceful
picket.
After 40 minutes inside, the sergeant wrote out a report and stalked out
of the org, obviously annoyed at almost 3 police hours wasted by
$cientology.
Gregg says that while the person in the org was telling her story, he
thought he saw her wipe tears from her eyes and blow her nose. I can
just imagine the tale of terror and intimidation that this superior
being was spinning...
The Toronto org pulling it in again:
Hip-hip-hurrah!
Ron of that ilk.
21 May 2001
"Android Cat" <androidcat99@hotmail.com>
- 70 minutes extra picketing.
- Almost three hours of police time wasted.
- One annoyed sergeant.
- And one officer who got a URL from Keith to find out more about the
case in Hemet.