Judy Price is Writing

This is the last day of June, 2010, and the week after seven tumultuous days  before!

Beginning with the tremor of an earthquake felt in Toronto’s city core, which was an omen of what was to follow with the G20 summit and the darker element infiltrating peaceful protestors, it culminated in a backlash of bad press.

I chose not to witness what  unfortunately did transpire in my own neighbourhood, with a purposeful escape to a more peaceful setting.

My return in a torrential downpour, as if to cleanse Toronto after the ‘storm’ it had endured, was to a feeling of being held ‘hostage’, as the lockdown prevented me from reaching my home until the next day.

In spite of vandalism and a torched police cruiser, lost profit and wages for business owners and employees, bruised egos and frightened bystanders, exhausted police and criticism of the way they handled the ensuing day/night, I believe Torontonians came out of this relatively unscathed.

Compared to some past G20 summits in other cities in the world, where violence led to injury and worse, our inhabitants and citizens were protected.

Now if the civil rights authorities can dissect how the police handled everything as a whole, and put forth viable alternative solutions which could lead to the same end result of paramount safety for the majority of human beings involved, then that aftermath will be a positive outcome for all.

The way I see it, criticism without constructive answers is no solution at all.