A lot of people have asked me what happened. For the more or less official report;
Here's an article on the Regina Smokeout Event

The video is posted on our Myspace page

As the article says, "One arrest was for obstruction of justice, as a man layed his body in the path between the cops and Emery, and another arrest was made for possession."

I'm that first guy.

I was standing there, watching the police standing in formation at the landing midway up the steps. I thought it just seemed too ordered, too perfect. I noticed the metal barrier between the two halves of the steps. I noticed that, if the side of the steps they were on was blocked, they'd have to break formation to go up and around. That would make the arrest less ordered. Besides, it was clear they were going to arrest him when he lit the bong, I wanted to be sure he had time to get a decent hoot before being stuck in jail for what I was assuming was the weekend.

Plus I wanted to get myself on the news.

The crowd started counting down to 4:20 pm, around the same time I decided for sure I was going to do it.

I changed my mind when the chant reached 1, but didn't have the chance to back out as the feet started coming down on me, pulling up quickly in surprise. It worked. Order and formation were broken, Marc finished his hoot, etc.

In hindsight, it was a mistake. If one of those cops had tripped and fallen face first on the concrete they could have been hurt. I'm glad that didn't happen, and if I do something like that again in the future it will be planned better to ensure nobody is endangered. But, then, it was a very unique set of circumstances that will more than likely never repeat itself.

Daniel Johnson