polite at Pride
Just before the Toronto Pride Parade began, a lone individual, masked by an eighties sun visor marched down the Pride parade route from Bloor St. beating a canvas shield that read POLITE with a black soup ladle. At Charles St. beating the POLITE shield he approached the officer I had spoken to earlier about the weather (of all things!) who managed to include his fear that protesters from the G20 might show up at Pride in our banal conversation.
Long story short, our friend POLITE was received with cheers and applause and skipped away - the officer gave chase and a couple of blocks later he was relieved of his shield, ladle and visor and hauled off the route by two other officers.
After we cleaned up our media tent I snapped the officer and the hilarious POLITE riot gear. When i get my film back - I’ll post the shots of POLITE before being shut down.