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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
Man and family being picked up from work brutality attacked by police
by: Anonymous
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I am a small business owner, a Canadian and most importantly a father, and I am writing this email to inform the mayor of the attack on me, my wife and my 2 year old son on Sun the 27 of June. Let me start by saying I could care less about any of the G20/G8 meetings that were held, that was beyond any Canadians control. And secondly, I had always held you with the utmost respect and felt honored you were the leader of our city, Toronto. But I am curious how you could be so quick to commend officers without actually knowing any facts of there actions. I work 2 minutes away from the Detention Center, which is now being referred to as Torontonimo bay, your city Mayor, why aren't you upset? On the Sunday in question, like most Canadians with new children, I had to work. Unknown to me when I left for work the mayhem that was unfolding outside. I work in sound design and my space is sound proofed, which is pertinent to the story. My wife was to pick me up in the early evening but because of the state of the area, she had called, and was coming early to get me...I should ad that this is just out of the way of gates on Eastern Ave. I should also add there was no cameras, protestors, people at all, other then cops, in the area during this incident. I received a call from my wife that she and my son were to arrive soon. I shut my workstations down, logged in the necessary info for the day and proceeded to lock the door; for the first time that day I could hear the ruckus...quickly gathered myself and went outside...TO MY ASTONISHMENT there were riot police everywhere, and as I glanced around, my wife, holding my 2 year old son, were out of the car being BULLIED! ,yes, pushed around by a circus of our countries finest. I dash over to see whats the matter, as I get close saying "is there a problem here," as calmly as I could under the circumstances, I am tackled from behind and throttled by several police officers. Once THEY calmed down and began to ask me whats going on, the whole time, your most commendable officers are screaming harassing calling my wife, my child names. I proceeded to tell them I was finishing work...they replied you didn't hear what was going on...I explained what I did...all the time 2 officers are standing on my neck and another is kicking me in my kidneys, still groping and pawing my wife and shuving my child in her arms. I have urinated blood most of the week, but that's besides the point. I informed the officers I couldn't hear because of the sound proofing...the response they had about taking my wife in that room and forcing my son, who was screaming the whole time, and I to watch as they repeatedly raped, ran a train, gang banged(your officers words) my wife brought me to a place I had never been...None of these officers had badge numbers which is convenient for them, don't you think. I am not sure what happened next because they all, like a street gang, had enough and walked away laughing. Leaving my wife and child in tears, myself in disarray and feeling fully and utterly angry. I got up, took my son out of my wifes arms, walked her to the car, set my son in his seat, gave my wife a kiss and a hug, helped her in the car...and then I proceeded to drive home...where we haven't left since. I will remain strong for my family...but you know when your suppose to protect your children from harm.........this time it was out of my control, it was in your control! I don't care what you politicians do in your life...but now YOUR choices have effected me and my family dearly...so what am I to think when you say they did a commendable job. Mayor Miller, I hope your family was safe during all of this, because you and police chief Blair made sure A LOT of families weren't. And don't pass the buck here you already commended them, stand by YOUR words.
NOTE: There was no rape that actually occurred in this event - it was a threat of rape by police to the author's wife.