"Detained" - Sunday June 27, 2010 - G20 Toronto Queen and Spadina Protestors and Civilians Arrested

I followed the group of protestors from Bay and King all the way to Queen and Spadina where we were met with a blockade. In the hours to come, approximately 200 riot control officers surrounded and arrested over 200 people. I was one of those people. I kept filming when the riot police closed in on us and even as it started to pour. By the end, we were cold and soaking wet but we were all in it together, police included. This is our story.

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[MrAntiGod]

Thank you for the video. I was there too..

[christer1414]

@MrAntiGod You're very welcome! I'm glad we all shared the experience.

[georgygirl53]

thank you for this. my son was there and I still get upset watching.

[SafetyMoose911]

A prime example of the actions of the few being represented as the actions of the majority, on both the side of the police and the protesters.

[sfgoodfella]

@paulfornasier - moreover, I will say this paulfornasier. I was walking around all day hoping to hear, maybe some relevant commentary, as to what issues were protested. Instead, it was really a bunch of gibberish about how central banks are owned by rich (idiot comment, they are public institutions) and how cbc is a tool of harper (please, if anything they have a lib bias) etc ... It really was foolish. If you lefties are gonna protest stuff, please get educated first. U owe us that at least.

[sfgoodfella]

@paulfornasier - bottom line is this. Police created a route north on spadina for protestors to follow to protect the interests of other society members. Protestors chose to confront police and try to force their way down queen. After protestors have demonstrated that they chose confrontation, police acted. So they surrounded protestors then arrested one by one. Police are forced to surround and contain cuz if bad elements get behind them, the situation can break into very violent confrontation.

[sfgoodfella]

@paulfornasier - another example of leftist spin. When I was there, the police arrested this one dude. There were 3 officers holding him. He was screaming "look it takes 3 cops to get me". Rubbish! That dude was 120 lbs soaking wet. My sister could kick his butt. Any one of those police, individually, could have used stronger force to subdue that dude. Instead, they used three cops so less force had to be used. Of course lefties spin that as 3 cops ganging up on 1 dude. Bull cookies.

[sfgoodfella]

@paulfornasier - I am not paranoid. I was witness to many clashes between protestors and police that day. But I had enough common sense that when I saw police lines forming on one side and protestors on the other, to remove myself from the middle of that situation and pulled back behind police lines. It is common sense to recognize when there is a potential situation the police have to contain a situation first before they can neutralize it. Not paranoia, but common sense.

[sfgoodfella]

The arrogance of the protestors was evident. As they blockaded the street a trolley came by. In the trolley was a passenger. The trolley had to be stopped, emptied and manually pulled back. I was thinking "look at that passenger. He paid his taxes for these streets. He paid his fare for that trolley ride but does he get what he is entitled to? No, because a bunch of arrogant, self-anointed political elites choose to circumvent the law and democracy to enforce their views on others" Shame u thugs

[sfgoodfella]

moreover paulfornasier - why do you think police tried to direct them north on spadina. Easy. Queen was narrow with private interests proximate to the street that the police could not protect against a group that in recent history had shown to engage in vandalism. Spadina is wide and private interests are far back from the street. Protestors could march there with no risk to property and still get their "message" across. But nooooo, protestors decided to stay and confront the police.

[sfgoodfella]

paulfornasier - I am not deluded. I never said that the police never surrounded and arrested the protestors, they did. But only after they gave the protestors the chance to go north on spadina. Sure, after the police provided a route north along which to march, but protestors chose to stay and confront the police .. sure after that the police arrested them. What would you expect? They broke the law. The streets belong to everyone. We have rules as to how they are used.

[paulfornasier]

@sfgoodfella AND....your statements of paranoia are bizarre for someone who sat there with all these peaceful citizens in front of a police line (supposedly). What the hell were you doing there in the first place if you have such delusions of paranoia??