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- Joshua – “We cupped our hands as if offering water and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Shuffling sideways on the crowded street corner I looked again into the next officer’s eyes: ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘Peace be’ – Quick. Cold. Rough. Two police seized me by the arms and pulled me off.”
- Karen – “I’ve never been afraid to go to a public demonstration…But now all that has changed.”
- “I did not see either officer wearing a badge”
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Jean-Nicolas – “A police officer with a bicycle placed in front of me, me cria ‘Get back!’ and struck me a violent blow in the belly with the handlebars!…That's when I asked the officer, very politely : ‘Sir, may I have your name and your badge, please.’ Il a répondu en criant ‘Catch him!’…The officer who hit me with his bicycle then addressed to me, looked into my eyes and said a sentence I'll never forget : ‘Now, do you still want my name and my badge?'”
- Dylan – “It was never explained how sitting was a crime.”
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Robert Bertuzzi – “police said they had the right to conduct these searches”
I witnessed officers conducting searches, using profiling techniques based on dress, facial hair, hairstyle, of ID and belongings at at least two corners (NW and SW) of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. This is far, far away from five metre … Continue reading
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“they were detaining me until I told them where I was staying in Toronto”
Water is a basic human right; not a weapon On Tuesday, June 22nd, days before the G8 or G20 summits had started, or any “black bloc” tactics had been used in Toronto, I decided to head to the Queer Theme … Continue reading
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“They demanded identification and searches of bags and persons, without cause, and under the threat of physical violence, detention and legal action”
This is but one of many terrible incidents I either experienced or witnessed first hand while in Toronto for the G20. It began while myself and a few peers were walking down Queen st west and saw a group of … Continue reading
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Marc Gleeson – “I was held for 21 hours for peacefully protesting.”
I was downtown Toronto on Saturday June 26th 2010. I live in Whitby Ontario, and took the go train into Danforth station and the subway into the Yonge/Bloor subway station. I made my way with a friend […] to the … Continue reading
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Bethany Horne – “blood poured out of his head, down his face and on to my friends jacket, dripping on my pants”
I witnessed what I think was the first instance of violence during the Saturday march, at Queen St. and John St.: a group called No One Is Illegal, protesting against immigration policies tried to break off from the main march. … Continue reading
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“I was beat roughly 20 times with batons”
I witnessed the first violence to occur on saturday just after the People First march turned down Queen off University. Myself and many others proceeded down Queen and turned onto John at MuchMusic HQ, to go to Wellington as was … Continue reading
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Adrian Naylor – “Without provocation, they attacked our peaceful protest”
My name is Adrian Naylor. I am 23 years old, I live in Toronto and I work as a researcher for the History Department at the University of Toronto. On Sunday, June 27, I participated in a jail solidarity demonstration … Continue reading
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