Toronto, Ontario, June 15, 2000
Reporter: James Fung (homepage)
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Scene at the corner of Queen's Park Rd. and College after the police rushed the
demonstrators
A massive police presence
Line of police in riot gear
Line of mounted police
There was a huge police presence at the demonstration. While I didn't see them
take any drastic or overly violent actions, my impression was that their
prescence was not so much to keep to peace, but to bully and intimidate the
protestors. The protestors sing "We all live in a Big Police State..."
Video of the police moving into position just before
they rush the crowd. The police in black and wearing riot gear.
Passers by witness what resembles a police state, and one
makes his own political statement (right)
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While
organizers are busy keeping people together and organized, an overzealous and
angry protestor tosses a brick through a government building window.
OCAP
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Back at Allen Garden.
As people boarded buses to leave, the police encircled them making sure they had no choice as to where to go.