OCCUPY TORONTO: Masked Protester vs. Security Guards and Police

Saturday October 15th, 2011 @ 4PM

A group of masked protesters carrying anarchist flags plan to enter a bank. Shortly after, one protester enters a building in the financial district and is quickly floored by security. Police back-up arrives as the protester is being apprehended.

While the struggle is out of shot, it looked as if the protester was trying to hit the security guards with his flag, but I'm hoping that there are other people who got a clear shot of what happened.

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[mememe666999]

Agitator, troublemaker, don't see anything wrong here. I agree the police and security handled the situation appropriately.

[Pucksophie12]

The police and security acted professionally. This individual clearly entered into the building with the intention of causing a disturbance. The police and security did what they were suppose to do. They kept the order and ensured everyones safety. I am sorry but you do not enter into a bank or a commercial office tower dressed in black with a flag and your face masked. This person new what he was doing and he wanted to provoke an over reaction.

[SuperSpencercat]

I'm all for challenging authority, but running into a bank with a mask on, it just not well thought out.

[limetheleamer]

@cjbb12 k, then why'd he do it?

[Siegetower]

@GraphiteSmear Yeah! The Occupy dead heads obviously considered that first.

[paintballplus20]

who's the douche bag with the guy fawkes mask?

[Deadmilkmen1]

What a buncha fucking idiots. "We need to get into that bank! "What are you going to do once you're inside the bank?" "uh..." Great message they're sending. I wish cops were allowed to beat the shit out of people. Most deserve it. 

[cjbb12]

Sometimes what seems like a bad person doing bad things to people who don't know why he's doing it seems like a crime. If anyone knew the reason why he did what he did they would use that to jump on the occupy bandwagon and take the power back the we the people lost

[bigjdaddyo]

what a couple of cement heads

[GraphiteSmear]

Yeah because banks love when people come in with ski masks... it's not like they've never been robbed before...

[brutusisdead]

@MISSISSAUGAWATCH Definitely. I don't think the video's trying to portray the masked guys as being in the right - if anything, I think it's a great example of people trying to provoke police officers in order to cause trouble. Apparently these guys were swinging their sticks around in the bank. Even if there wasn't a protest on, you can't walk into a bank in a mask, waving a stick, and expect everything to be okay.