G20 Toronto Summit Street Protests – The Peaceful Protesters

    Saturday, June 26, 2010. This past weekend downtown Toronto became a police state. A $1.2 billion police state to be exact. On Saturday, the police were restrained and a violent few took it for granted ruining the peaceful efforts of so many more. On Sunday, the police were less forgiving – both the parties

    Saturday, June 26, 2010. Notice the prop in front of the police – a coffin with a cross cutout and the word “democratie” written on the front – meant to symbolize the death of democracy and strategically placed to incite the police. But this is what I call restrained and this is what I

    Saturday, June 26, 2010. A mob of people wandering down Bay St. merely two hours after the original protest had already passed through. By this time, the main protest which was getting progressively violent was blocks displaced at the Yonge St. and College St. area. It was the original protest that had resulted in the

    Saturday, June 26, 2010. Taken at the intersection of University Ave and Richmond St. The police had parked vans throughout the streets. The vans not only held their gear, but more importantly either completely blocked off strategic streets or made the width of the streets thinner and thus easier to control. Many of the police officers were in

Saturday, June 26, 2010. A protester scaling a lightpole during the protests at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada.