Toronto G8&G20
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- megE0
- agree, meg.
- with EVERYONE taking pics - should help to identify them.
alicetheblue - Seriously, what a bunch of assholes.Andrew_D
- No monday coffee? This is not happening, this is NOT happening.
*curls in fetal positionETM - it's just a fuckin starbuckspizzafire
- agree, meg.
- Andrew_D0
Police arrested nearly 500 people in connection with violent protests against the G20 summit in downtown Toronto Saturday, with more demonstrations planned for Sunday as leaders wrap up their meetings.
While the streets of Toronto were calm early Sunday morning, dozens of police officers headed out to their positions across the downtown core to prepare for the thousands more protesters expected for the last day of the summit.
As of 8 a.m. Sunday, the Integrated Security Unit announced that it had arrested 480 people in connection with Saturday's violence. Those arrested face a wide array of charges, from mischief and breach of the peace to assault, drug possession and weapons dangerous, reported CP24's Sue Sgambati from the temporary prisoner processing centre.
"I'm told that some of these people will be released from this facility, the people on the relatively more minor charge of breach of the peace, and others will be taken to the special G20 court that has been set up in North York," Sgambati told CTV News Channel Sunday morning. "So it's no rest for police today."
"For the most part, the majority of the protesters were peaceful and were trying to convey their message," said CP24's Gurdeep Ahluwalia. "But you did have that group of anarchists, that faction of anarchists within those groups, that sort of spoiled things for everyone. They convoluted the message and they were the ones who really caused a lot of the damage and vandalism that in a way is really rationalizing the billion dollar price tag for the summit."
- Andrew_D0
To be fair, it wasn't just my neighborhood, Yonge St. got pretty fucked up as well. The media are showing these pic's because that's where the cop cars were set a blaze, obviously.
We should be pissed at these people, though. I'm all for non-violent protest, but this minority ruined it for everyone and helped to justify the ridiculous price tag of security for this event.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to hold this conference in the most densely populated part of the country should be fired. They should have stayed in Huntsville, it would have been better contained.
- agree.
a military base would be better - but nooh they wanted to be close to the people.alicetheblue
- agree.
- meok0
- meok0
The show must go on.
- meok0
- mg330
Here's a good question: WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE EVEN PROTESTING?
And are they so ignorant that they're unable to realize that fucking up someone else's city accomplishes nothing? Probably just a bunch of unemployed morons.
- Andrew_D0
Police arrest dozens more in connection with G20 riots
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopSto…
"Our officers are out pro-actively looking for anybody with criminal intent," said Const. Samantha Nulle. "Today they located a large number of people, they intercepted them and they did locate a number of street weapons on them."
- street weapons?prophet
- and how do you define criminal intent.... I thought criminal ACTIONS were why you arrest people...vaxorcist
- so do you arrest the people after they blow up a building? or detain them afterwards when they ditch the scene?megE
- "The group was chanting "peaceful protest, peaceful protest," when police moved into the crowd, reported CTV's Lisa LaFlamme."xcarlx
- xcarlx0
mg33,
when these events first started in Seattle back in '99, the protesters had very clear messages, mostly against the globalization of the world trade and financial regimes. They (we, since i was among them) thought that globalization as structured by the IMF, World Bank and the WTO, was effectively selling the environment and working poor down the river to "enhance shareholder value", and that the increased disparity between the rich and poor would eventually lead to a global financial collapse.none of that happened of course.
- vaxorcist0
- I still say just move the shield so it splashes all over the guy.ETM
- I can't do that because I'm pee shy. hahaFrosty_spl
- megE0
mg33
There are all sorts of protesters here. There are people protesting seal beating, private healthcare, public/private education, poverty, canada being on stolen first nations land, war, etc. The biggest violent group of folks are the Black Bloc - and from what I hear they protest government and capitalism.
- megE0
- Andrew_D0
There's a fat chick on CP24 from CLEVELAND!!! Who is talking nonsense about "The war on the poor" (it's on her tye died shirt) and how the Capitalist Pigs are ruining the world. A direct quote, "Um like yeah, stop the war on the poor, for sure". Another gem was when she was asked where she's going now that she's been released from jail, "I'm not sure where to go". How about fucking HOME!!!
Idiots.
- there's nothing to do in Cleveland... must be boredmegE
- But Drew Carey said Cleveland Rocks. Was he lying? ;-)Andrew_D
- Drew is on Price is Right right now in Cali, and Lebron is leaving town... nothing to do anymore ;)megE
- are they taking a steamer to cleveland?vaxorcist
- you know most of those police were hired from outside toronto right? whats the difference?xcarlx
- MSTRPLN0
So I don't get it, are they protesters or paparazzi? Seems strange to complain about poverty when every second "protester" brought their $2000+ camera to the G20 riot. Taking photos of their buddies getting beaten down by provoking the police so they could claim "police brutality".
- vaxorcist0
argh... the lunatic fringe can too easily discredit thoughtful protest.... happens alot, though sometimes with covert help from ....
- megE0
Arrests in Grange Park... *oye