G8/G20 and Gardening
June 26, 2010 – 7:01 pmThere is a lot of media coverage and questioning going on right now in Canada with regards to the incredible amount of money that is being spent on security at the G8 and G20 summits in Toronto.
So the police have been busy protecting and occasionally arresting. Interestingly, the recent arrest on Thursday of Kristen Peterson in Toronto demonstrated that what can be most memorable about a suspect might just be their garden. The Globe reported that “she’s the one neighbors see gardening outside” and “neighbors on the treed street say they know nothing of the couple save for their breathtaking front garden.
But in addition to collecting plants, it’s alleged that this gardener might also have been “collecting the ingredients to make powerful explosives commonly associated with terrorist bombings”. She also must have a vegetable garden because additional charges include “possessing potato guns with the aim of endangering the public”.
Peterson is out on a bail this afternoon. The weather has been warm in Toronto, so I bet she went straight home to water.