All right, I don't know how many of you guys are gonna tune in today right now because I'm a little bit early But I gotta do something so I figured why not just record As some of you guys know, I was like maybe I should just resin because it's raining and why not I'm super pumped to see it finish too because Just like you guys have no idea how it's gonna turn out But we're gonna adventure together Right, right. So let me just show you what it looks like at this point. Oh Sure, and I'm gonna be going up to see G in about an hour or so It's raining and I'm not a fan of driving in the rain. So I'm I'm just waiting for that to subside. It should be done raining in like an hour or so So we didn't have too much movement Overnight I did forget to take the aluminum tape off. So I'm gonna take it off with you guys in tow and Hopefully I don't take off too much of the canvas with it We had some travel right here, but I don't really mind that so much I think it is interesting and I don't mind this either Because as you guys know geodes aren't perfect at all So now we're gonna do layer To and I also found some metal flake That's like a deep blue color. So Hi Judy So we'll see we'll see how it goes. I know it just makes it more real looking I agree Let's get you guys a little closer Hi, Miss green shoes All right now Not set Which is fine because we're doing a clear coat today anyway, so that's not a big deal at all Let's start by mixing up some resin so it can already start to get Stiffened up Too early for that. So she says I know I thought I would sink in the middle too But I did crack that but I mean there is a little bit of give But not that much What's up Billy Phil congrats on your pieces by the way, I think this is gonna be a partial for So I'm gonna just mix up some That's true. It is never too early for that. So she says very very wise We're gonna use a master cast so by the time this piece is finished I will have used This is the third brand of resin are the rocks glass We're talking about By some of them are Michaels and other ones are Fire pit glass for like fireplaces a passion lotus Wondering our what's up me missy? so I'm just gonna mix this up first and apply the first of all, I'm gonna add some more resin over my rock player because Some of them are still a little bit mobile, which is fine Because I'm adding another coat. Anyways, is there glass on top of the silver leaf? No It's just my cup flakes and glitter and silver leaf Bre I have no idea about that, but I will definitely look into it now that you mentioned it Have you tried the torgenal Micah Blake yet? I don't think I've got any of the Micah flakes from torgenal Maybe I did I got a lot of the large glitter plate But I know Judy got some of those Michael flakes the large cut and I'll probably borrow some of hers when I'm up there and Do some experiments with them when I get back here? 45 watching I figured most of my regular people Would be at work or asleep right now but I was wrong you guys showed up which I Figured this would be one of those videos that people would have to play back like nobody would be down to watch in the middle of the afternoon I'm wrong. Y'all are great. They're difficult to use like how? Thank you, Sarah Notifications are a wonderful thing. What's up, Lisa? Lucy? What's up? So I'm gonna go ahead and mix up just a little bit of my art resin Not as much as I did yesterday to create that amazing paperweight that I now have All right, one of my favorite favorite pastimes is pulling resin off of things made of plastic Yeah passion lotus there's no way to upload photos To YouTube unless you do them like you said in like a slideshow and then upload that as the video to your YouTube I Was gonna start uploading like a photo Just to announce like what time we're gonna be going live on certain days, but It wouldn't let me So I'm just gonna have to upload it at like a super long video. I guess That's awesome Megan. Thank you so much for that. What's up little bunny 2004 Nurse calls in the house bubbles bubbles everywhere. I've already headed up to see Judy, but I'm not a fan of driving in the rain and we're supposed to be like moving stuff into her poor house and And that would have been not productive in the rain, so I don't know if you guys can see all these bubbles Masterclass definitely has less bubbles Lots of no, but you're the one that own the resin corn web address. That's so fantastic We talked about that for a little while after we got off the feed luckily.  I believe I did get your hashtag. I will double check that though Making a difference lost in no bow How's the weather up there anyway? So I'm going ahead and dividing this out into the little cups because The longer you keep your resin in the bigger cups the more likely it is to turn it to a giant paperweight The proof is from last night when I created my very own Paperweight and it doesn't matter like if you're using an expensive resin or Like in Viratex, whatever if you leave it in a bucket it's gonna make it get hotter as it starts to like set up and You know I can work art resin for an hour but it set up in the bucket after 30 minutes probably So Just keep that in mind when you're mixing up resin Tamar you used total cast. I've never used Total lab cast Zach Blunt. What's up Zach? Hot and dry is ideal for Using resin though, so that's good If you wanted resin to thicken you could just pour it into several cups and still keep it clear without setting up Um, yes The thing is if you leave it in a big bucket it won't just thicken up it will harden and It won't give you enough time to divvy out your colors into separate cups and mix the color then so if you do it like this you can add your Pigments and colors and stuff and if it does start to set up That's when you can just go ahead and use it right then, but if it starts to set up in the bigger bucket You're not gonna have time To pour it out add a color mix it and work through every color that you made before it completely sets up There's kind of no turning back once it gets to that point It's like it builds off of the heat that it's made and just gets worse So I think for this layer I'm going to use a lot of clear not clear but um Transparent and actually I might go ahead and shape up some of my lines while this is Doing its thing let's go ahead and pour this out actually D Where's Jeff? He they're probably on their way back from Austin by now Like though that would be really pretty. I like middle-sized cups That's gonna have to do Okay The pens that I like to use for this are paint pens But I've also used chalk pens before I don't think there's enough pigment on Part two how is heavy body acrylic to use in resin lucy it really depends on How thick your resin is The thicker the paint used to put in in resin The thicker it is to incorporate it fully so You can use it. It's just hard to not end up with chunks of paint If that makes sense at all I actually use paint pens and a lot of my work. There's not a whole lot that can't be fixed With a paint then Oh cat tails that said that she has a lot of luck using thicker paints with her resin and that's one of her favorites, so Go for it the only paint I've ever said not to use in resin is um Acrylic no oil paints, but that's just for my own life experience the part two of the geode is To add a second layer in the second layer. I'm going to use mostly transparent paints Um, so you can see the work that I put into the first layer I'm also going to add some of the thinner Limes that you find in geodes As soon as I've shaken up these lines a little bit They went a little bit too soft During some of the pour so I just I like to keep some definite lines And I've got time to kill While this resin Thickens up a little bit. I wish I had a pink paint pen however. I don't Maybe we'll just use this silver Maybe not. It's too light Maybe this sharp you want to work better. What's up, baby? Thanks for dropping in. Have fun at the birthday party and have to break out the big guns for this silver paint None of them feel like cooperating today In a lot of ways. I think that this process makes the geode look More geode In my hand. Bye misty Sorry, Lisa. I'm gonna have to wait Unless you have to go handle it then I understand. I do have a video out that Shows my prep process, but I I need to do another one because it's kind of getting lost in all the old ones Rest of you should totally Just totally try to do one How do you recommend it? I think we're about ready to add some resin Thanks you guys for answering questions that I'm missing while I'm not paying attention Always try to Make sure all of my stones Are embedded Pretty well And then I like to add the glitter first so I can dust any like rogue glitter away You're in one second and I'll move you guys closer to the action Okay That is what she says You got me that'll be fun so I'm gonna add some of this metal plate It's got kind of a purple hint to it, but I think the colors I'm using are so like such a deep color that it won't really Matter that much I could be wrong There's a difference in metal plate versus like Just glitter I think I think the metal plate like glittered like sparkle boy and brighter man Too much that's gonna look great I'm just putting a little bit more resin over it to seal it in I haven't mixed the colors into my resin yet. So I've got plenty of clear my disposal for now You think I should add the deep purple And to this one or keep it like silvers and teal Glitter always always mixed opinions So we'll save the idea for this part. It's a little bit later Now the big cups are art resin the small cups are My bigger resin So let's mix those first I'm going to Do mainly inks for this level because I want the bottom layers to show through so I'm not going to use much pigment at all Even though I'm not adding much still equals Pretty transparent colors sometimes Looking good and if y'all think worked out well, I'm just wondering how much of it's going to show through since I'm about to add A transparent layer over top of everything We'll see how that works What do you want to do? I don't know I don't have Jeff here to like bounce ideas off of so I'm just In a wing in it situation So I'm also considering doing a thick glitter vein Maybe between the black and the blue We'll see If that's the case then I should probably go ahead and mix it I'm thinking about just doing silver when you go to do a thick like glitter line and geodes You've got to add more glitter than you even think you should have it should be just almost like bright before a slime consistency Kujo is fine. He's In his little nap place for when I do my resin stuff Actually, he's there a lot of time. He just likes to be under the The table Let's see So I'm sure you guys noticed how like Chunky and thick that layer was it's still like holding it shape Part of that is because we let the resin Rest before we use it And part of it is because of the amount of glitter that I added Bill I am bouncing ideas off of you. I'm just saying That you guys have to be my soundboard for right now ie I hope you can take it So I made this green color, but I'm not exactly sure what I want to do with it I think I'm gonna line this up a little bit pretty similar to the I don't know why they call it seafoam. It's not seafoam at all But it's pretty similar to that color See you time. I know I love the not seafoam, but I wish they had a native seafoam because it's not Seafoam I want to do I want to put more of this teal color because I feel like it kind of got lost under that I'm just gonna mix a healthy batch of it It's not transparent, but Yeah, geodes do become heavy on the canvas, but Pressed it so it shouldn't Adjust too much Cat I believe I did I dove its new name not seafoam Cosine and seconded Motion carry It is now not seafoam I also need some more black So the the thing I wanted to test Last night about putting different kinds of resonance to itself or each other It worked out. Well, I didn't have any real issues I'm sharing I am early. I wanted to get a video out before I head up to Judy's Because who knows what kind of shenanigans we'll get into up there That's still too thin to work with This one's okay Yes, the not seafoam is by counterculture Hi Keisha Yeah, the more lines you add the more I guess dimension it ends up having Which I suppose is something that people are looking for with the resin work I'm really not sure what resin I had in this cup, but we're gonna find out if it's um If it was art resin or if it was Master cast and if it all except having other resin mixed into it We'll see Lucy it might Not see foam, right? Sorry not see foam All right, I'm definitely gonna need white as well I picked up this pearl lights blue interference white that I'm probably gonna mix up and add to this Soon to niche this art resin is still super thin Probably gonna go ahead and mix the colors into it. So it'll start to set up a little bit Y'all this black diamond and midnight blue is such a pretty color I'm gonna have to do like a piece dedicated to that color I know I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to add a white Through this part or possibly this part. What do y'all think? I'm not sure I want to go with this Hey Nathan, so you guys should put a white up here or down here Below the teal So right here, I think you guys are right so So okay pretty sure That I want to keep this part So you can see through it. So I'm gonna add clear over it just to like Set it in So I don't pour over this area And even if I do it'll show what we have underneath it But I don't want to add too much because I don't want it to move So I'm just gonna move it around with a stir stick Into the area that I want it to be And actually I think I'm gonna bring it out into the white Just a little bit So that some of that marbling stays intact If I get too crazy adding more resin That first resin that we put down is already starting to set a little bit See what y'all are saying because my internet's still stupid This is still too thin to work with Let's mix up some of this interference white Now Ellen I forgot to take the tape off from last night So That's going to be an adventure in and of itself When I do get around to taking it off We'll see how that goes. I mean at the very worst. I'm just gonna have to um Sand down the sides Do a clear flood coat, which is not the worst thing in the world This is a pretty color. It has sort of a pink Interference as well as the blue. I don't know if you guys can see it But we're gonna give a shot and since we kind of incorporated some pink in it already It's not the worst Yeah, if I did heat it it would come off a little more easily, but I'm gonna have to wrestle with it at some point anyways. I'm just gonna save it till then So that's working out well Thank you, Natalie. You're working on some amazing stuff. By the way, ma'am So The silver that I put in here has turned Like a pinkish color. I have no idea why Whatever because I already have pink in it anyways Yet almost looks another pearl looking business So I want to add more of this deep teal color that we have right here I think I'm gonna put it I'm gonna put a line right here Maybe just under this clear It's still super thin So I'm gonna have to let that rest a little bit I'm also contemplating putting like something in the middle of this Thoughts or should I leave it? I'm just gonna test something real quick. It does look like a melting metal Ruralis glitter teal crystals in the middle Small amount of purple I was thinking about putting another glass Last situation Just thought Haven't decided on that quite yet So I just now decided I wanted to put clear right here because I like how it looks So I'm just gonna cover all of where I have my pen marks That I haven't already covered up with other colors This will also add really great depth if we decide to do a third coat It's really great that you can move resin around like this and not worry about it Like laying flat because Resin self levels So you don't really have to worry about that too much As long as you've created like a pathway for the resin to go It will Go where you already put it and level out on its own If I hadn't taken the tape off last night, I would have put um A new Later tape on today First of all, it's because um Since we're going to be using so much resin it kind of saves me from having to Fix up the sides and stand too much um, secondly I used it because I don't want it's like the length of my table and it would have for sure gotten onto the floor So Those are the main reasons why I wanted to mask it off this time Can't see what y'all are saying Please hold Bill, I've never tried this spray polycrylic But you would have to use it and tell me how you liked it if you have it The best place to buy fresh glass is buyplaceglass.com or um You can get a small glass at michael's I only really have this deep teal left and i'm trying to figure out where I want to put it My top left so that'd be here Or here We'll just get all the corners and we can do one more time Thanks for looking out. I'm still having the where do I put My dark teal color Do I like that? Do I not like that? There Something different Sherry, I know the geo thing is not for everybody, but I'm trying You know when I see somebody do something that I think they do super well And like amazing like Miss Colerberry and AB does geos and they always look so great I'm always like I gotta try it and so Then I get like almost obsessed and I have to try it until I basically figure it out So it's kind of where I'm at with this whole geo thing I'm just trying to figure it out At this point everything's gonna be you know, everybody's taste, but That is why they made chocolate and vanilla ice cream. It's true So I'm still not sure what to do with the middle of this guy And when I can't figure out what to do I kind of just wing it Here we go You have to let it set and Put it clear in between here, but I don't want to go ahead and do it just yet because I don't want Um, it to spread right now Since art resin is doing what I like about it and like giving me like exceedingly amazing working time so I'm gonna let it rest and Tomorrow I'll do a clear coat here. I'm gonna clear through all of this And I'll probably rework I still need to figure out what to do with this part I'll probably do like a blue a really transparent blue Through that and when I when I think I'm done with it I will well each layer. I'll add a clear over the blast parts To make sure that they're embedded So by the time I'm done with it. I don't really worry that they're gonna move at all Because I've had it clear every time I've worked on it. So by then they're pretty well Set and clear to the dark feathers, huh? I'll take your advice For this part, I'm going to use some of this art and glow resin because It's got a bigger consistency and I won't have to wait for it to set up a little bit Maybe I'll have enough to go ahead and clear this part as well Or to do the blue clear That was talking about Tell me that's not a bad idea at all when I stir stick some down to popsicle sticks I've used them all of my like batch that I have just for use Now so let's just dust this on a little bit to soften up These lines like Claire said I am mixing two different resins, so I hope that doesn't We'll find out if it does anything at all Putting a clear over a color you already have down will soften it Ideally it will anyway Yeah, it's starting to bleed out a little bit Which is what we're going for as soon as I hit it with a heat gun Um, it'll definitely move around And I'm going to put some in the middle since it was raw glass Before I mix this batch up and I think I'm going to add a little bit of sparkle to it Just a little obviously not a little Yeah, it's like feathering out here. That's what Those are recommended that I add so that it will Do that Let's add some clear over this part To make sure that everything's in there And I'm pretty sure that these two are already covered but Just in case by sherry so Let's add So a little bit of blue Like the tiniest amount of blue Just to give it a tint Like it was half of a dropper No, like half of a single drop out of the dropper So now it's got like Almost no color, but it's still blue tinted I'm going to go in tomorrow with the white paint pen And lighten the palette up Because it's fairly dark now That took all the whites out So I'll just address that tomorrow The thing about these geodes is It takes a lot to do them Which I don't mind because I'm going to pour anyways Might as well Use the time to learn something new And explore How to do things I don't know how to do Like geodes The color is Turquoise by Bombay, it's an ink I have allergies I have allergies I'm going to have to take something in a minute Yes, there will be a part three I didn't anticipate a part three But give me a reason to pour I have no problem So I'm going to give you guys an up close View of what we got going on That is getting a little bit messy right there Because of the clear added I'll have to go back That interference blues Looking really good I almost think it's kind of busy and messy In some parts but I will go back And make appropriate adjustments I don't know why that color Turned like that weird red I don't remember what color it was But I'm sure it wasn't That color when I put it down I'm liking how this silver Is bleeding out into this other color Definitely have To lighten it a little bit But that will be for part three Sorry I'm going to add some silver Back to this area Because I don't want it to I don't want to lose that Good enough Where's my this It's definitely learning curve But you know what That's something I don't mind about art Is there's always something To learn Always something to learn Always something to try And I think you have to try I think that's one of my favorite parts about sharing All of My techniques and what I learn And if things work Or if they don't work Is that I can share it with you guys And either You can learn from my mistakes Or you can Like seeing that I mess up Might help somebody to be more Confident when they do their work I don't know I just feel like This is my Way of contributing If someone needs to see that I failed to In order to Give resin a go Then so be it Because I think everybody fails At some point Well not fails, but Something may not work out like you want it to And Then it's a learning process Instead of a Sellable piece of artwork I'm going to leave this here for Jeff to take care of When he gets here He'll be back probably around seven tonight So maybe he'll decide to do a pour I'm about to go to Judy's So I'll see all of y'all Tomorrow Or later tonight I don't know, we'll see Y'all know the drill, if you have any questions Please shoot me an email Thorntonartistilldeath.com to tees2ls If you would like to show me some of your artwork Please use the hashtag A-T-D-A-R-T You can find me on instagram And facebook at artistsilldeathstudios On instagram and Thorntonartistilldeath On facebook We have a website artistilldeath.com It's right here And Yeah, I'll catch all y'all later Bye I said bye


Sands, Cuphead, Altair, Byleth. Yes, the tagline for Super Smash Bros Ultimate is true. Everyone is here. Well, almost everyone. It would be impossible for Smash to pay tribute to literally every single game ever released. But nevertheless, with every new update and DLC edition, the roster gets even more inclusive. And yet though, there is one noteworthy character that still isn't fighting alongside Banjo, Kazooie, and Ridley. None other than the protagonist of Doom, um, Doomguy, that's his name, right? As it turns out, Doomguy's absence from Smash is not for a lack of trying on the part of developer's id software. In a recent interview, Marty Stratton, director of the upcoming Doom Eternal, explained that he and his team have been doing everything they can to convince Nintendo to drop a Doom reference into Smash. For the sake of presenting this clearly, here's the transcript from the interview, conducted by Metro. What about the rumours of Doom Slayer being in Smash Bros? Do you think it could ever happen? I don't know. We've asked them. You asked them? Yeah. Well, that's how Solid Snake got in it. Would they discount it just because of the gore and the violence though? I dunno. You would honestly have to ask them. We've never been approached and said, hey, can Doomguy be in Smash Bros? But we're open-minded if they want to ask. But we hear it all the time from fans. Who would say no? But you did ask them. We've had… I don't even know who talked to who, but we've banded with them. We have a great relationship with them through bringing Doom 2016 to the Switch and that kind of stuff. So we have great people over there, but it's one of those things where it's like, wouldn't it be cool? But it's never gone anywhere serious, so we'll see. From the sounds of it, the team at id software have been trying their best to encourage some kind of crossover here. Not outright begging, but asking politely, and certainly hinting that it'd be nice if Doomguy were included in Smash. Unfortunately, it sounds like Masahiro Sakurai's team are having none of it. Picking which characters appear in Smash is clearly more complicated than simply throwing in everyone Nintendo can get the rights to include. According to Masahiro, higher-ups at Nintendo have taken charge in choosing which DLC fighters are added to Smash Bros. If they don't think Doomguy fits their goals for the game, no amount of pleading will help. For all that Nintendo tries to sell Smash Bros. as a celebration of all gaming history, their vision of this history is understandably very much Nintendo-centric. It's not difficult to see why the legacy of Doom doesn't fit with the narrative that Nintendo is trying to create. It is Masahiro's job then to work with the selection given to him by Nintendo to create fighters with unique, original play styles. In the Byleth announcement video, speaking about DLC fighters, Masahiro said, Since the roster was already so large to begin with, right from the start, we intended to make the most out of new gameplay mechanics and so on. There really were a lot of new mechanics, weren't there? When we add a new fighter, we don't simply make their attacks or their movements a little different. Instead, we try to offer you a whole new style of play. It's likely that Doom simply doesn't serve Nintendo's vision of what Smash Bros. should be, and thus Masahiro Sakurai hasn't been given the opportunity to come up with a way of making the character interesting. Masahiro has been eager to point out that with Smash DLC, all fighters are set in stone, no amount of pleading. Whether on Twitter or in person from one studio to another can change this. That said, we've seen from the inclusion of Cuphead and Sans that if Masahiro really wants to get a character into Smash, he can find a way. It's worth bearing in mind that if there were any plans to include Doomguy in Smash, even simply as a me-fighter costume, nobody at id Software would be allowed to talk about this. Non-disclosure agreements can be tricky sometimes. So, if you're really desperate to see Doomguy come to Smash Bros., maybe it's worth holding on to a tiny slither of hope. There might be more than a snowball's chance in, well, you know.


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Thanks very much for coming out. As we've discussed many times in the past, Vancouver has a long and rich history of people gathering to express their views by participating in various protests and demonstrations. By the end of this year, we expect that we will have seen more than 1,000 protests throughout the city for people expressing their views on various issues. We support everyone's right to peacefully assemble and to express themselves and we work hard to provide an environment that allows for peaceful protest. We also have an obligation to enforce the law when protests become unsafe or unlawful. Since October 7th, we've seen a significant increase in the numbers of people who are gathering to protest throughout the city. We've also seen a significant increase in the emotions that people are expressing as they do gather to protest. Last night our officers responded to a spontaneous protest in the area of Main and Kiefer Street in Chinatown. After approximately 250 people gathered to protest and surrounded a restaurant. Prime Minister Trudeau was inside the restaurant at that time, and the actions of the protesters did prompt a significant police response. Specifically, the protesters had surrounded the restaurant with about 150 protesters on Main Street out front and about another 100 in the lane behind the restaurant. We believe the protesters took some specific actions that caused us concerns. Things like moving barricades to block, part of the lane that would have blocked vehicle access in the need of a quick response. The protesters also took steps such as linking arms to create a line or a barricade. We did not have advance notice of this protest. We often work with protest groups as they're planning protests, and we work collaboratively with groups to share information so that we can properly staff protests when they occur. In this case, we did not have advance warning of this protest. It was a spontaneous protest or a pop-up protest, and we responded quickly deploying approximately 100 officers from various parts of the city immediately in order to maintain order, restore order, maintain order and to disperse the crowd. During the process, and I should explain that, as we responded, approximately 100 officers using crowd control, public order techniques that we've practiced and refined over many, many years were deployed to manage the crowd, to create a safety bubble or a safety zone which allowed the prime minister and his detail to exit the restaurant and leave the area. Once the prime minister had left the restaurant and once the prime minister had left the restaurant and his detail had left the area, we were able to disperse the group of protesters. During this process, one VPD officer was assaulted. A 27-year-old man was taken into custody. The VPD officer was part of the group of officers who was working to disperse the crowd.  That protester was arrested, was taken to jail, and as of this morning was still in custody with charges being recommended. A second person, a 34-year-old man, was arrested for obstruction of police by taking deliberate actions as our officers were attempting to disperse the crowd. And specifically this person took actions that we believe were obstructive of the police and the lawful execution of their duties while they were dispersing the crowd. That person was taken into custody, taken to jail, and has since been released pending further investigation and charges may be forthcoming as a result of that. We expect in the coming days, in the coming weeks, in the coming months there will be continued protests. We expect that people will continue to gather to express themselves. We will continue to deploy officers as necessary to help facilitate peaceful protests, to maintain order, and to respond to unlawful behaviour. We encourage people if they are choosing to gather to do so lawfully and to do so respectfully of others and other people's points of view. I'll attempt to answer any questions you have. Go ahead. I need to clarify that the restaurant that we responded to just before 10 o'clock yesterday evening was located in Chinatown on Main Street around Kiefer. I am aware that there is videos, there are videos circulating online of an incident at another restaurant, and I want to ensure that there's not confusion because there has been quite a bit of confusion in the media and on social media about two separate incidents that occurred. So the incident that I'm referring to that that required the police response of approximately 100 officers occurred in Chinatown on Main Street. The incident that occurred at another restaurant, I believe it was on Canvey Street and I can't confirm that. I can't tell you for certain which, whether or not that drew a significant police response, I'm not aware that it did. There may have been officers who did respond or who were in the area, but it didn't require nearly the police response as was required in Chinatown. So there was no call? I'm not aware. So as you can imagine, a large group of protesters had gathered surrounding a restaurant and the Prime Minister was inside. The actions of the protesters, the numbers of them, the actions of them doing things like blocking the lane behind the restaurant caused a concern for us, and we took steps keeping in mind we need to balance the public's right to peacefully assemble and peacefully protest by also maintaining order and upholding the rule of law. So our response was intended to balance those rights to ensure that everybody was safe, that people inside the restaurant were safe, and that the protesters were safe, balancing their right to protest while also protecting everybody's safety. I can tell you when we became aware that there was a large protest, we were not given advance warning, it was a pop-up protest or a spontaneous protest in our understanding. When we became aware that that large group had gathered, we immediately redeployed officers from throughout the city, pulling them from other neighborhoods in other areas of the city so that we could properly respond and resource what was happening down there. Can you tell us how you became aware? I don't know the answer to that, I'm sorry. Can you give more details on the protesters and the word of the group? Yeah, I'm not going to speak for the protesters or their views, but what I can tell you is that they were gathered to express their views on the ongoing situation in the Middle East, specifically the war between Israel and Hamas. Have you talked to the protesters since to try and make inroads with communicating for future demonstrations? So as I said, we are always working with protest groups and always trying to work with protest groups when we become aware that protests are happening, and quite often we'll we'll speak with them in advance to help facilitate marches or protests that are happening, whether it's at the Art Gallery or Jackpool Plaza or other places throughout the city. In this case, we were not aware of it. We will continue to attempt to follow up to learn more about who they were, what their plans were, and engage with them in the future so that we can help to, as I say, balance the need to have an environment where people can be free to peacefully assemble, to peacefully express themselves, while also balancing that need with public safety and our responsibility to maintain order and uphold the rule of law. So you haven't reached out yet? I can't say that for certain. What about communications with the PMO or the RCME since? Yeah, whenever, sure, good question. So the Prime Minister has his own security detail, whether it's the Prime Minister or another head of state or other dignitaries when they arrive in Vancouver with their own security details, we will liaise with their security details. In this case, the Prime Minister has an RCMP security detail. I'm not going to get into specific details about conversations we have with them in advance or since, but I can tell you that we are always working with security details with the Prime Minister or with other dignitaries or heads of state to ensure safety. When you say balance between the protesters and what crossed the line, obviously punching somebody in the face crossed the line, but what line was crossed last night that caused you to take action? Two people were taken into custody, one person was arrested for assaulting a police officer, second person was arrested for obstructing the police and the lawful execution of their duties. But what was the obstruction let's say? I'm not going to speak specifically about what action the person took to obstruct the police officer, the matter still under investigation and charges have not been laid. So I'm just trying to get like if somebody's going to go to a protest, like if they step in front of one of your officers are they going to get arrested? If they look at them the wrong way, like just trying to figure out what the line is between this peaceful protest and disruption to public order that would cause you to take action? So what necessitated the Vancouver Police Department's response was approximately 250 protesters who appeared spontaneously outside a restaurant in Chinatown where the Prime Minister was dining. That's a large group of people in a small area. Our officers responded with the intention of controlling the crowd, managing the crowd, facilitating a peaceful protest. Certain people within that crowd engaged in unlawful behavior and were arrested as a result of that. Two people were arrested. In arresting that person who assaulted the officer, were they pepper sprayed? What happened there? The person who assaulted the police officer, it was obviously engaging in assaultive behavior. There was a taser that was deployed during that arrest and I believe that physical, other physical control tactics were used during that arrest. I've sort of missed this at the start. Do you have a tally of demonstrations to date that the VPD is monitored and how does that track with the historic violence? Yeah, we're up this here. The last past number of years we've averaged around 800 plus protests in the city of Vancouver for a variety of causes. Most of them environmental or geopolitical causes. 2023, we're well on pace to exceed 1,000 protests in the city of Vancouver. I'm sorry, I don't have a specific number, but we're certainly on pace to exceed 1,000 protests by the end of the year. Are police concerned that protests are becoming increasingly confrontational or that they will go in forward? What we saw last night, are you concerned that we could see other incidents where there's clashes? What I can tell you is that since October 7th, there have been an increased number of people who are coming into the city to participate in protests, and there's been an increased level of emotion displayed by people who are participating in those protests. There have been some conflicts, there have been some clashes and there are police investigations that have resulted from some activity that has occurred at protests. We deploy officers, we plan ahead, we work with groups and we monitor, for example, social media to fully understand what protests are planned, and so we can resource these events properly. And there have been occasions where our officers, for example, of the archival, shortly after October 7th, had to form a line between two different protest groups to prevent them from, to prevent their very emotional and heightened behaviour from becoming assaultive. And those are the control tactics, the public order tactics, the crowd control tactics that we've practiced and refined over many, many years in this city. And I'm talking about events like the Olympics, Occupy Vancouver, Stanley Cup playoffs, environmental geopolitical protests. We have a long history of protests in the city of Vancouver. We support people's rights to peacefully assemble to express themselves, but we also have a responsibility to balance that right with maintaining order and upholding the rule of law. Your minister, Jolie, was protested recently in Yellowtown outside of a fundraiser restaurant, now a minister at a restaurant. Is this a new tactic of protesters pressuring federal politicians in Vancouver at private events that are not really publicized? I can't speak to that. Your officer who was injured, is she doing okay? She received some medical treatment. And I don't know whether that officer is going to miss work as a result of that, but did have some facial injuries as a result. You're referring to the second incident being the video that is circulating online at another restaurant. I'm sorry, I don't have specific information about that. I believe it was earlier in the night. I am aware of the video that's circulating online, but I can't tell you that there was a significant police response, and I personally don't have a level of understanding of what happened there that's in depth enough for me to speak to it with any certainty. When you say the second restaurant, I'm not sure. I don't know. If that protest at Vigis of Canada appears, it appears they let the PM go with his detail. Did you have any intel that that wouldn't be the case if it were here? Sorry, I'm not going to speak to any intelligence or work that we do with other police agencies or the Prime Minister's security detail. But your concern was that the PM would be hemmed in into a tight Chinatown block. That's why you brought so many officers. There was a protest that occurred. There were 250 people who gathered to protest. It was an unannounced protest and it was a spontaneous protest. Whether it was the Prime Minister or anybody else who was involved that would have likely prompted a police response, certainly given the fact that the Prime Minister was inside that restaurant, heightened the need for us to respond, and we took action when we did respond to control that crowd, to prevent the crowd from encroaching on the restaurant, to push that crowd back when it became necessary. And ultimately there were two people arrested for their behaviour within that crowd of people. Our actions helped to facilitate the Prime Minister's, the Prime Minister and his detail to leave that restaurant. And once the Prime Minister and his detail had left, the crowd essentially dispersed. But you were aware of the first incident when you were responding to the second. You were aware that the Prime Minister had been protested at a previous restaurant? I can't say for certain what this timeline is on that. I'm not sure. You weren't aware as a part of it? I just told you, I don't know the answer to that. Okay? You cover the spontaneous protest. It seems like a lot of people to just spontaneously show up there. I mean, it sounds to me more like without many people it's something that's planned that maybe you guys just weren't aware of. Sorry, thank you. Let me clarify my language. It was a pop-up protest and we were not aware of it. It appears that there was some level of organisation certainly involved to have that number of people gather in one location at one time. How why is it it was a hotel room? I can tell you that the the Prime Minister and sorry, I can tell you that we work with whether it's the Prime Minister or another dignitary or a head of state comes to town. We work with that person's security detail and I'm not going to get into any specific details about further to that. Does this change the calculus for VPD when federal politicians are in your city now? No. You expect VPD to have a hate response to protests going forward given what happened last night? I'm sorry, did you say that again? Do you expect to have more of a hate response going forward given what happened last night and obviously done about the Prime Minister but you know you said there's this growing number of protests happening that there has been some clashes and incidents before. Yeah, does that concern you and how are you guys responding going forward? So that kind of ties into Mike your question is it changing the calculus and let me elaborate on that because I gave you a bit of a short answer. You good now? Yeah. Okay, okay. I'll elaborate on that. In this case the incident that happened last night certainly with the Prime Minister head of state and a protest that happened in our city prompted a significant police response and we'll certainly debrief that response and we'll work with our partner agencies to look at any ways that we can improve on our response and I'm sure they will do the same but in a big city Vancouver is a big city and we often have world leaders, dignitaries, prime ministers coming to our city and we will continue to work with their respective security details and work collaboratively with their respective security details to make sure that everybody is safe this in this case we in this case the Prime Minister was in the city there was a protest that occurred which absolutely is not uncommon for a head of state or the Prime Minister or any other or many other dignitaries and politicians to occur in this case there was a protest that occurred the protest resulted in two arrests as a result of the behavior of two people who were participating in that protest that was unlawful but ultimately our response the Vancouver Police Department's response was quick it was efficient it allowed for the the Prime Minister and his detail to leave that restaurant and ultimately the the protesters dispersed once they had once the Prime Minister had left the restaurants and once they had had an opportunity to gather to express themselves and to express their points of view just before you go could you provide an up-to-date tally on eight incidents you're investigating since October 7th on eight incidents hate hate incidents yeah um I don't have confirmed specific uh data at this age and I will work on getting that for you I know there's been a lot of interest in that what I can tell you is that since October 7th um there has been a number of additional incidents we've seen an anecdotally an increase in incidents that are reported to the police some of them are suspicious circumstances people engaged in behavior that is out of the ordinary and as you can imagine there's a heightened sense of fear that many people in our community have as a result of the events that have happened overseas and many of the events that are reverberated here we are investigating a number of incidents that relate to some protest activity that occurred um in recent weeks um we are investigating a number of incidents that relate to anti-semitic gestures actions speech and graffiti but if you're looking for a specific tally and a specific number of incidents that are currently under investigation we'll have to get back to you on that note uh Premier Evie is having a press conference later today talking about actions to address hate-motivated crimes and attacks in bc can you say what actions the vpd have been taking to crack down on hate crime sure um are you wanting to speak about hate crime in general or or hate crime as it relates to the um the ongoing conflict in the middle east and specifically the war between israel and hamas if you have a separate approach to the israel hamas situation i'd be glad to hear about it but more generally it's fine yeah so what I can tell you is that um we have hate crimes investigators that work within our diversity community and indigenous relations section um and those hate crimes investigators are engaged whenever there is an incident reported to the vancouver police that we believe has an element of hate prejudice or bias so um whether it's a physical assault hate speech hate gestures language graffiti um any incident that we believe contains an element of hate prejudice or bias hate crimes investigators are um are engaged um the most serious incidents are overseen by our major crime section so our most experienced investigators from our major crime section what I can tell you is we take these incidents very seriously uh whether it's a physical assault graffiti a gesture or words um there if it's unlawful behavior we'll take it seriously and we will fully investigate and when we uh have evidence to support criminal charges we'll certainly through crown council recommend criminal charges uh be laid against a person who we believe has committed a criminal act um and when appropriate when there is evidence we will also uh encourage crown um through the court process to um uh advocate for um sentencing provisions hate crime sentencing provisions upon convictions your counterparts in calgary just charged the organizer of a pro-palestinian protest with causing a public disturbance and they added that hate motivation because he chanted a call response from the river to the sea palestine will be free so they seem to be the only department that's done that um so far in canada um toronto said they wouldn't do that in that situation would you append a hate motivation to someone causing a public disturbance at a rally for that chance so we you and i have had many conversations about this um and i'll repeat my answer um when investigating hate crimes and gathering evidence uh it's it's always contextual we need to fully understand uh the entire context of uh of an incident that's occurred to uh determine whether or not an incident is hate motivated and determine whether or not um uh hate crime sentencing provision would be appropriate so i i'm not familiar with the case in calgary uh that you're referencing but what i can tell you here is if there is an incident uh that is reported to the police if there's a vanguard police department investigation that's launched with regards to a hate incident or a hate crime we will look at the entire context of an incident um and um based on that entire context the entire body of evidence that we gather uh will make a determination to um as to as to whether an incident is uh is hate motivated and whether additional sentencing provisions are are required but you've surely got complaints about the chant like other departments and analyzed whether that is anti-semitic and would inform that hate motivation if there was any other underlying yeah so is it anti-semitic so again it's an entirely contextual uh if somebody's making a statement um and i'm not depending on what the statement is it's going to depend on the entire context of of their actions um and ultimately it comes down to us consulting with crown council and in in british columbia crown council is the independent authority to approve uh criminal charges to lay criminal charges based on the evidence that we collect and provide to them we certainly make recommendations to crown council but ultimately it's up to crown council and their independent authority to assess the evidence that we collect and determine whether or not uh charges will be laid further than that to determine whether or not um specific hate uh hate um sentencing provisions would be appropriate so it's contextual and um and will continue to investigate these incidents thoroughly and when appropriate we'll make recommendations to crown council it's not always black and white um and i can't i can't speak to you in um uh hypothetical terms uh based on what it may be another police agency has done or a hypothetical set of circumstances but what i can tell you is that if an incident occurs when an incident occurs when we engage in an investigation we'll look at all of the circumstances we'll conduct a thorough investigation um when we do believe that there's evidence of a criminal offense we'll submit our evidence to crown council for that independent review and we'll trust that um the the the system through crown council will take the appropriate steps steve can you tell me anything about an incident at craft park this morning i have limited information but what i can tell you and i should have more information later in the day but what i can tell you is that the city sorry vang the board of parks and recreation is currently in craft park um they've been doing some work within the park with respect to people who are camping overnight in the park our officers have been deployed as we have been on multiple occasions in multiple different locations essentially to stand by and to keep the peace because we know that when city workers or parks workers are in the park it can sometimes become volatile this morning there was an incident as the parks workers were conducting their business in the park as a result of that incident there were two arrests made we believe that um two assaults occurred two arrests were made i'm working on getting additional information but for something that is just happened this morning i don't have a complete understanding and i'll hope to get some more information later in the day um so my understanding is there was a parks worker who was injured a park ranger who was injured as a result um and uh at least one vpd officer who was assaulted again i'm working on confirming that information it's something that has just happened in in in the past a couple of hours and when i get more information i'll certainly be able to provide it to you i just i'm working with a very limited understanding right now can you tell me about it again limited information on that but what i can tell you and jason please jump in if i if i'm incorrect here our officers responded to a suspected impaired driver who was driving erratically in the area of main street in 18th our officers conducted with essentially called a boxing pin is that correct jason okay so our our officers said we managed to stop the vehicle and then a man was taken into custody we believe that the person did resist as they were taken into custody so significant police presence in the area simply is a result of uh the actions of the driver um and again if you want more information on that i'll be able to give it to you uh later in the day any other questions on any other topics since you got me no i'm getting the cut it sign okay thanks everyone okay