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Items gathered on René Lévesque Boulevard near the perimeter at the Quebec City Summit at 8:30 pm Friday, April 20, following a five-hour confrontation between protestors and riot police.
PROTESTOR PARAPHERNALIA
(1) Stuffed animals launched by 20-foot wooden catapult
(2) Sharpened fence picket(3) Unidentified protestor munition: cardboard tube wrapped in foil, filled with waxy substance, plugged with matches — apparently detonated and snuffed
(4) Bike helmet, soiled
(5) Workers’ World newspaper, organ of the New York City-based Workers’ World party, one of a large pile of discarded Workers’ World newspapers
(6) Rocks knocked loose from concrete base of toppled fence
(7) Boot, size 7
(8) Cuban flag, paper
LAW-ENFORCEMENT MATERIEL
Note: all identified munitions were manufactured by Florida-based Defense Technologies-Federal Laboratories Inc., which promises “less lethal solutions for every situation.”
(9) 514 CS Blast Dispersion Grenade: dust-discharge canister. Also called a “concussion bomb.” Thrown by hand. Label warns: “Do not fire directly at persons as serious injury or death may result.” Price: $33 U.S.
(10) Gas mask filter, discarded by an RCMP officer after prolonged tear-gas exposure rendered it ineffective
(11) 555 CS Spedeheat and CS Spedeheat Grenades: continuous-discharge tear gas canisters. Thrown by hand. Price: $27.50 U.S.
(12) 565-5 CS Skat-Shell: continuous-burn tear gas projectile. Thrown using a launcher to reach deep into crowds. Price: $28.50 U.S.
(13) 519 CS Han-Ball Grenade: tear gas grenade. Thrown by hand. Price: $26.50 U.S.
(14) Long, black cylinder: unidentified rubber-bullet casing
(15) Latex gloves worn by police during arrest procedures(16) Unknown police officer’s lunch, half-eaten. Items shown: sub wrapper, coleslaw, mustard envelope, cheese square, apple. Other foodstuffs included in the standard-issue lunchbox (not shown): juice box, pop can, mayonnaise.MEDIA TRACE(17) Black foam cover for broadcast microphone, squashedNOT PICTURED
Plastic flowers, trampled
water bottle, crushed, courtesy of Telus Corporation, “Official wireless provider to the Summit of the Americas” homemade shin pad made of 2-inch-thick foam sheet glued to cardboard and secured to shin with duct tapeItems gathered on René Lévesque Boulevard near the perimeter at the Quebec City Summit at 8:30 pm Friday, April 20, following a five-hour confrontation between protestors and riot police. By Philip Preville
protestor
PARAPHERNALIA(1) Stuffed animals launched by 20-foot wooden catapult
(2) Sharpened fence picket(3) Unidentified protestor munition: cardboard tube wrapped in foil, filled with waxy substance, plugged with matches — apparently detonated and snuffed
(4) Bike helmet, soiled
(5) Workers’ World newspaper, organ of the New York City-based Workers’ World party, one of a large pile of discarded Workers’ World newspapers
(6) Rocks knocked loose from concrete base of toppled fence
(7) Boot, size 7
(8) Cuban flag, paper
LAW-ENFORCEMENT MATERIEL
Note: all identified munitions were manufactured by Florida-based Defense Technologies-Federal Laboratories Inc., which promises “less lethal solutions for every situation.”
(9) 514 CS Blast Dispersion Grenade: dust-discharge canister. Also called a “concussion bomb.” Thrown by hand. Label warns: “Do not fire directly at persons as serious injury or death may result.” Price: $33 U.S.
(10) Gas mask filter, discarded by an RCMP officer after prolonged tear-gas exposure rendered it ineffective
(11) 555 CS Spedeheat and CS Spedeheat Grenades: continuous-discharge tear gas canisters. Thrown by hand. Price: $27.50 U.S.
(12) 565-5 CS Skat-Shell: continuous-burn tear gas projectile. Thrown using a launcher to reach deep into crowds. Price: $28.50 U.S.
(13) 519 CS Han-Ball Grenade: tear gas grenade. Thrown by hand. Price: $26.50 U.S.
(14) Long, black cylinder: unidentified rubber-bullet casing
(15) Latex gloves worn by police during arrest procedures(16) Unknown police officer’s lunch, half-eaten. Items shown: sub wrapper, coleslaw, mustard envelope, cheese square, apple. Other foodstuffs included in the standard-issue lunchbox (not shown): juice box, pop can, mayonnaise.MEDIA TRACE(17) Black foam cover for broadcast microphone, squashedNOT PICTURED
Plastic flowers, trampled
water bottle, crushed, courtesy of Telus Corporation, “Official wireless provider to the Summit of the Americas” homemade shin pad made of 2-inch-thick foam sheet glued to cardboard and secured to shin with duct tapenews
