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Overdressed for security? - G20: Street Level

Overdressed for security?

security.jpgPolice on bicycles, horseback and in riot gear will be at the ready in Toronto during the G20 summits -- and those will just be the ones you can see. (Adrien Veczan/Canadian Press)

By Dale Boyer, G20 citizen blogger

daleboyer52.jpgI was walking out of an upper-scale restaurant in downtown Toronto yesterday when I saw a gaggle of men - well, boys really -  in blue shirts looking at us through the glass doors.  One of the man-boys had a walkie-talkie and was pointing quite specifically at us.

At first I assumed it was because of our fancy dresses and remarkable shoes, but their attention toward us was more officious than flattering.

Upon walking out we asked, "Who are you guys?" They suspiciously walked away as a group and mumbled "G20" and something garbled. So we asked again... "What?" The man-boy-blueshirts replied that they were doing G20 security training and quickly shuffled en masse to get away from us.

So, if you are looking for freshly sprouted security to talk to you suspiciously and dismissively during the G20, wear a party dress.

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