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While I can understand your concerns there is a very real need for the police to handle themselves properly. The G20 demonstrations were a legitimate way for citizens in a democracy to air their views. The police should act in a way to allow that legitimate airing of views. This is an essential part of policiing. Once the state, through its instrument, the police, becomes repressive, democracy and the state's own legitimacy becomes questionable. The police must be policed and cannot behave in the way that this officer did with the sanction of his superiors.