Larp weapons at the G20

Community Larp discussion
#1

Globe and Mail: ‘Weapons’ seized in G20 arrests not what they seem

[quote]Facing criticism for their tactics, police invited journalists on Tuesday to view a range of weapons, from a machete and baseball bat to bear spray and crowbars.

Chief Bill Blair, who told reporters the items were evidence of the protesters’ intent, singled out arrows covered in sports socks, which he said were designed to be dipped in a flammable liquid and set ablaze.

However, the arrows belong to Brian Barrett, a 25-year-old landscaper who was heading to a role-playing fantasy game when he was stopped at Union Station on Saturday morning. Police took his jousting gear but let Mr. Barrett go, saying it was a case of bad timing.

In addition to the arrows – which Mr. Barrett made safe for live-action role playing by cutting off the pointy ends and attaching a bit of pool noodle covered in socks – police displayed his metal body armour, foam shields and several clubs made of plastic tubing covered with foam and fabric.

Mr. Barrett said he was “appalled” at the placement of his chain-mail beneath a machete. He regularly takes public transit from his Whitby, Ont., home to Centennial Park to play the game, called Amtgard, while wearing the 85-pound armour and is worried people will think: “Oh my God, that’s one of the terrorists from G20.” [/quote]

#2

“Sir i will have to confiscate this”
“Huh? Why?”
“Well there is a serious risk of punch through as you failed to cap your cores, plus it fails the larger than an eye socket rule…”

Seriously some of these pictures look like the crew room

jillarrows919_734261gm-f.jpg940×575

makeshiftjil1500_734427gm-f.jpg940×575

jillweapons919_734344gm-f.jpg940×575

#3

The absurdity of the larp gear confiscations makes you suspect that all the other gear was misappropriated too, even the machetes.

Cops. They encounter so much shit that before long, everything starts to smell funny to them. I love how proud they are of this pile of rubbish. It’s like your cat bringing home your neighbour’s teatowels and wanting you to appreciate what a good job of hunting they’ve done.

#4

If you read the article, it makes it clear that the police just grabbed every weapon confiscated over the wekend, whether it was from a protestor or not, threw it on the table, and said it all came from the black blocs. Such deceit seems to be par for the course from them (other horror stories from the Toronto G20: the provincial government passing a secret regulation in the dead of night extending police powers, which the police then systematically misrepresented to the public to claim even wider and more brutal powers).