Over 100 Japanese Police Officers To Run Alongside The Olympic Torch
When the Olympic torch leaves the starting point for Saturday’s relay in Nagano (pictured above), it will have a very large force of policemen protecting it:
Each torchbearer for the Japan leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay on Saturday will be encircled by five riot police force members donning sportswear and they in turn will be surrounded by around 100 uniform police officers who will form two columns on each side, police sources said Wednesday.
Under the plan envisaged by Nagano prefectural police, two Chinese administrators of the flame will also be running along the torchbearer in the event taking place in Nagano City. When the runners stop to pass along the flame, the five riot police officers will secure the area, the sources said.
The Japanese police are planning to reject a Chinese request to send security guard runners, the sources said.
What is the difference between Chinese “administrators” and “security guard” runners? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
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I wonder if they will card foreigners watching the torch run.
I keeed.
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I can’t imagine anyone would waste their time to go watch such a fiasco.
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So, the police officers that can actually RUN get assigned to guard a burning stick.
Sending a squad of 8 cops on a stakeout to catch a knife-wielding, cop-taunting maniac before he goes out stabbing people again?
Nah, don’t bother sending any cops who can actually chase the guy a couple hundred meters when he shows up and runs off to the next crime scene after stabbing one of your cop pals.
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I hope those cops are in shape or it would be quite an embarassment to watch them give up running with the torch.
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It is truly sad what this torch run has become. I understand the whole Tibet thing and fight for human rights in China overall, but after reading this, seriously it’s depressing especially considering I remember being at varsity and watching the torch come through our town on the way to Atlanta in 96, it was an awesome moment, now it’s turned into a farce and really it’s everyone’s fault that it’s turned out this way….
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Not sure how effective 100 Japanese Police officers will be …. time will tell i guess.
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You might be right :
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3647
^^
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