"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it"

[bcholmes]

The police admission came after several days of accusations from the protesters and denials from police that the three men were agents trying to provoke a confrontation between protesters and police.

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day continued to dismiss calls for a public inquiry on Friday, saying the RCMP has a formal complaints process.

"The thing that was interesting in this particular incident, three people in question were spotted by protesters because were not engaging in violence," Day said.

"They were being encouraged to throw rocks and they were not throwing rocks, it was the protesters who were throwing the rocks. That's the irony of this."

On Friday, politicians and protesters alike were still demanding answers about the incident.

— CBC News

This from a man who believes that dinosaurs and humans lived together.

So, um. After three days of lying about having cops among the protesters, why should we believe the new story that the police weren't there to instigate violence, but to investigate those urging violence?

This was the front-page story on the Globe yesterday, and I think it has really angered the public. But I agree with David Coles that that this story is eclipsing reporting about the SPP, which is something that the public needs to hear about.