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"Catch & Release"
by Nathan Adler
7/16/2010 12:11:00 PM
Jail experience harrowing
by Skylar Radojkovic, Owen Sound Sun Times
7/13/2010
Bad News at Bancroft Avenue
by Dylan C. Robertson
7/13/2010
Arrested And Jailed In Toronto – A G20 Protestor’s Firsthand Account
by Sarah Pruyn
7/7/2010
Of my illegal detention (with 899 others) and the G20 protests
by Ben Powless, Organizer, Defenders of the Land
7/5/2010
Independent Journalist, Daniel Adam MacIsaac
by Ali Mustafa
7/5/2010
Ashamed
by Tracey Cox
7/3/2010
"The story of my unjust arrest" - Lacy MacAuley
by Lacy MacAuley
7/1/2010 10:32:00 PM
Without provocation, they attacked our peaceful protest”
by Adrian Naylor
7/1/2010
One woman held by police 'didn't even know what the G20 was'
by Alison Hendersen
7/1/2010
“They were going to release us until this one cop came and saw that we had the legal number written on our arms. She then said that we were elegible for arrest.”
by Anonymous
7/1/2010
“several police officers lining the west side of the street had removed their names and badge numbers”
by Anonymous
7/1/2010
“they were detaining me until I told them where I was staying in Toronto”
by Anonymous
7/1/2010
“They demanded identification and searches of bags and persons, without cause, and under the threat of physical violence, detention and legal action”
by Anonymous
7/1/2010
“I was beat roughly 20 times with batons”
by Anonymous
7/1/2010
“blood poured out of his head, down his face and on to my friends jacket, dripping on my pants”
by Bethany Horne
7/1/2010
Queen & John Eyewitness Report
by Emily B.
7/1/2010
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by James
7/1/2010
“I cannot stress this enough: it was a completely peaceful protest. People were being arrested in a brutal, violent, and seemingly random way.”
by Johanna Lewis
7/1/2010
“I was there as a monitor for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. . . like many others, I was never given an opportunity to remove myself from the intersection”
by Julia Croome
7/1/2010
“It is important to note the horrid conditions in the jail. The cells, which were over-glorified dog cages, were often over-crowded.”
by Maximilian Pacheco
7/1/2010
“I have been having nightmares”
by Natasha Borris
7/1/2010
“At no time during the detention was anyone in my cage allowed to speak with a lawyer”
by Philip Boyle
7/1/2010
“police said they had the right to conduct these searches”
by Robert Bertuzzi
7/1/2010
what happened last night at queen and spadina g20
by Rodrigo Bravo
7/1/2010
Violence on Toronto streets for G20
by Ryan Bolton
7/1/2010
“Five officers grabbed me, hit me repeatedly with batons and fists, threw me to the concrete, crushed knees into my cheek bone, back and thighs, dragged me on the pavement and put handcuffs on me”.
by Seamus Wolfe
7/1/2010
“I couldn’t sleep last night. I took the day off work, I’m so upset”
by Sherry B. Good
7/1/2010
“I saw many injured detainees with arms in slings and faces bruised and swollen being led quickly with their ankles chained”
by Taiva Tegler
7/1/2010
“In a matter of seconds, without warning, we were trapped. Our questions were met with blank stares, our panic with more pushing, complaints with arrest”
by Terra Dafoe
7/1/2010
“we were staging a peaceful protest when riot police surrounded us on all sides and would not let us leave”
by Trevor Grant
7/1/2010
Of a million G20 stories in this taken city, this was mine
If anything, there was less black being worn on Queen than usual
by Tabatha Southey
7/1/2010
Personal Experience
by Greg Stones
7/1/2010
'Unlawful Assembly'
by Syl Grady
7/1/2010
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by Karen Nickel
7/1/2010
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by Anonymous
7/1/2010
Mourning Canadian democracy
by Roberta McQuade
7/1/2010
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by Kiel Widmeyer
7/1/2010
In His Own Words (Interview Transcript)
by Jesse Rosenfeld
7/1/2010
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by Neil Stanton
7/1/2010
Singer Marc Mysterio caught in Toronto riots during video shoot
by Marc Mysterio
7/1/2010
Thorold, Ontario Amputee Has His Artificial Leg Ripped Off By Police And Is Slammed In Makeshift Cell During G20 Summit – At Least One Ontario MPP Calls The Whole Episode “Shocking”
by John Pruyn
7/1/2010
How I Got Arrested and Abused at the G20 in Toronto, Canada
by Tommy Taylor
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7/1/2010
Man and family being picked up from work brutality attacked by police
by Anonymous
7/1/2010
and this time, it won't be me.
by A Canadian Serviceman
7/1/2010
Fear and mayhem in Toronto
by Lawrence McCurry
7/1/2010
My Experience
by Jesse Miller
7/1/2010
Inside Torontanamo
by Matt Shultz
7/1/2010
Beaten by police before being arrested
by Andrew Stakhov
7/1/2010
Don't breathe or I'll kill you
by Facebook User: Drew Ferguson
7/1/2010
“I was held for 21 hours for peacefully protesting.”
by Marc Gleeson
6/30/2010
Thugs take over Queen's Park
by Matthew Webb
6/29/2010 10:08:00 AM
How I Ended Up In A G20 Jail
by Michael Talbot
6/29/2010
Union Station Washroom
by Andrei Poliakov
6/28/2010 5:30:00 PM
I was just harassed by Toronto Police
by Mike Brock, Western Standard
6/28/2010
Sonia's Story
by Sonia Zawitkowski
6/27/2010
Luke's Story
by Luke Keeler
6/27/2010
Someone call 911!
by Eda Martinovic
6/27/2010
Selwyn arrested at G20 protest
by Selwyn Firth, Mayoral Candidate
6/27/2010
Civil Rights, Interrupted: A G20 Arrest
by Mark Donald
6/26/2010
My Story - Help ID This Criminal!
by Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy
6/26/2010
Pre-G20 Atrocities
by Sean Salvati
6/23/2010
Eye Witness Accounts
“I cannot stress this enough: it was a completely peaceful protest. People were being arrested in a brutal, violent, and seemingly random way.”
by: Johanna Lewis
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On Sunday June 27th, at 10 am, I gathered with a group of peaceful activists and community members at Jimmy Simpson Park. It was a solidarity rally for people who had been arrested in the past few days during the G20 summit. People slowly poured in, probably 50-100 protestors by the time we left. Media was milling about and people were chatting and sitting down in groups around the southern part of the park. The person who seemed to be organizing it was speaking to one of the police there, but most of the cops were on the other side of the street and still in vans. He also made announcements to the crowd, stressing that this was completely peaceful and advising people to leave calmly and in groups if the cops ordered us to disperse. The police officer said that the cops would facilitate our march down Queen to Logan, and then south to Eastern and over to the detention facility. As we moved onto the street, police officers indeed held traffic at bay and allowed us to march on half of the street. We were all clapping in unison for much of the march, often singing the classic solidarity chant. It was the most peaceful thing imaginable. The cops escorting us along the street side of the march were mostly calm although I overheard one of them rudely yelling at a protestor to move over. When we arrived at the detention centre, cops told us to gather across the street from the facility (north side of Eastern, on Pape) and to stay behind the line of the curb. We all moved there cooperatively and mingled about the area. People were chanting solidarity, freedom for political prisoners, etc etc. Someone had brought a guitar and was playing music. Others were chalking birds and messages of solidarity on the pavement. There were a couple parents who were there with their kids, and people were chatting and completely peaceful. I don’t think there was any possible way for this to have been a less confrontational situation on the part of the protestors. There was a line of cops along the north side of Eastern, without riot gear or helmets, and the whole thing seemed cooperative and calm. At least two or three times when we were there, someone was released from the detention facility. They were swarmed immediately with media, but the group cheered them and welcomed them out of prison. The organizer announced that they were providing food, cigarettes and logistical help for transport for the people being released. Things continued in this manner for over an hour. Then suddenly, just before noon, at two vans (that I saw) pulled up in front of the protest. Doors opened immediately and police, many in plain clothes, poured out, running into the crowd with batons and grabbing protestors. They surrounded individuals with their shields and batons, violently shoved them to the ground, and dragged them back behind police lines. Everyone was on their feet and moving backwards as the police line advanced. People were very clearly shaken up but we wanted to stay calm and things seemed to cool down. We all sat down, put our hands in peace signs in the air, and began chanting “We’re peaceful, how ‘bout you?” Just five or ten minutes later, completely unprovoked, the cops surged forward again. I got up in a panic and we all tried to figure out what was going on. Suddenly an officer fired something into the crowd. Everyone started to get away as the cops came closer and closer. I don’t know what was shot, I saw what seemed to be rubber bullets. Someone fell to the ground and was taken by the police. Then they shot what looked like a gas canister of some kind that started releasing smoke or gas or something. Everyone panicked more and we all tried to find our friends and get out of there. As we ran the cops seemed to be taking people down again, it was all very frenzied as we tried to escape. I made it up to Queen St with some of my friends just as vans of cops arrived at the north side of the block and seemed to be shutting off the exit. We regrouped a block west and waited for other members of our group who’d been delayed in getting out. I was lucky enough to make it out, but heard that over twenty people from the protest were arrested. I cannot stress this enough: it was a completely peaceful protest. People were being arrested in a brutal, violent, and seemingly random way, and the entire peaceful crowd of protesters was targeted. I’d been following the police violence on the internet, and seeing videos and reports, again and again, of them surrounding people, and taking them down, and brutalizing peaceful crowds. This attack was unprovoked, unacceptable and completely inhumane and I hope all those responsible are held accountable for their unjustifiable actions.