I have to admit that the law enforcement plan sounds like it worked pretty well.
The security guy showed good sense; law enforcement showed good sense; Coulter gave her speech; protesters shouted whatever it was they wanted to shout; good going everybody. What’s the beef?
A provocative speaker doesn’t (or at least shouldn’t) expect to give her speech in a quiet theater. She expects vocal opposition. That’s what she got.
The security guy is used to U.S. lack of trust of every citizen.
If you will think about it, this event sounds a lot like the contentious town meetings that congresscritters held last summer. Contentious and peaceful.
Way to go Canada.
Well said.
Let the people protest. So long as you do not surround them with riot gear, things are likely to peaceful. The protestors are happy that they get to say what they want to say. Most protestors that I saw in Calgary did not even have signs saying that Coulter should not speak, only that they disagreed with what she said.
Of course that being said, Calgary police have been known to keep the riot gear around the corner and out of sight on the odd chance something does happen.