ARSCC(wdne eh?) Report November 3,2001
Picketers: Keith Henson, Gregg Hagglund, Kaeli, Zeratul,
Picket was short in duration - 2 hours. There were
325 fliers handed out (very upstat don't ya think??).
The weather was not too bad -not cold but not that warm.
Armed with signs and fliers we headed to the Org from
our usual meeting place meeting with the unknown picketer.
Gregg,Kaeli, and Zeratul went to the Org while Keith, Tasha
and I went to Keith's position 110 feet away. This was
Tash'a first picket so she stayed with Keith for most of it.
She did come to the Org with me for a couple of passes and
then rejoined Keith when Al Buttnow came out with a camera
in hand.
Suddenly - not one but two cop cars came out and then four
more cops came up on bicycles. It seems that someone in
the Org complained about our peaceful picket. The cops
were worried that we were blocking the sidewalk (we were
not) and that we could not be noisy (we weren't) although
they were especially concerned about Gregg's volume but
could not give us an exact definition of how loud was too
loud. Anyway, the bike cops hung out for a while and we
stayed too. It is surprising that 6 cops were needed
to address three picketers. One of the cops complained
that they were pulled from another demonstration at
Queen's Park (capital of Ontario is Toronto). Somehow
we were supposed to feel bad about that. The other
thing to note is that 4 bike cops are the total number
of bike cops out on Sat afternoon. Do we really rate
that much attenion? I am touched. :-)
This is true.
Kim P
03 Nov 2001
yduzitmatter <yduzitmatter@sympatico.ca>
Tasha, myself and the Unknown Picketer