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[QUOTE]Hundreds of demonstrators protesting the G20 global economic summit in Toronto broke windows and set fire to some police cars during a noisy march near the site of the summit Saturday. At least 75 people are in custody and police say there will be more arrests.
A column of thick black smoke rose from the burning police cars in a chaotic scene that included throngs of police in riot gear and many protesters. Police say some were anarchists, wearing black clothing, including masks.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair says his officers were pelted with rocks and bottles, and used teargas to control one large crowd.
He says the violence may not be over.
"I do not believe the individuals bent on vandalism and violence in our city are finished with their intent," Blair said. "And so we will remain vigilant, and we will be on the street all night and all tomorrow in sufficient numbers to deal with these individuals."
Toronto Mayor David Miller says a few hundred people were responsible for the violence, out of thousands of marchers. He says people are welcome to express their views peacefully, but his city will not tolerate violence.
This is the most intense protest so far associated with the G20 summit in Toronto, but there have been a series of sometimes colorful marches, over several days.
Marchers have been complaining about everything from pay for public employees to expensive housing to the excesses of capitalism.
Summit organizers have been so concerned about security that they have spent around $1 billion and brought in thousands of police from across Canada to strengthen the city and provincial police forces here.
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Steven Harper shows up in Toronto after all! Decked out in Riot gear!
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Stephen Harper, decked out in riot gear, is guarding the bridge where Dupont meets Dundas.
The stencil is fresh work from street artist (and Vandalist curator) Posterchild, who put the piece up on Monday, the morning after this all happened and two days after this all did.
In an email to Torontoist, Posterchild says: "I'm just so upset at everything (like a lot of Torontonians), but I have had trouble sorting out how to express it. I was not sure where and how to direct my outrage. It's hard when I'm a vandal, and mindless, insensitive vandals are a big part of the problem... so there is the Black Bloc, certainly, for giving protesters and vandals a bad name... but who led them to my city? Who spent one billion (plus?) on security that didn't protect locals—only villainized them? Whose government organized the whole mess?"
On his blog, Blade Diary, Post addresses the stencil to Harper. "I don’t like you Mr. Harper," he begins, "I don’t like what you’ve done to my democracy, my country, and my city."
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There's a riot, eh?
Way to not even look on the first page, there is already TWO fucking threads on this
An abandoned police car RIGHT in the middle a fuckin intersection... yeah...
um its not exactly new information that people went batshit at the g20
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[QUOTE=BloodYScar;22957622]An abandoned police car RIGHT in the middle a fuckin intersection... yeah...[/QUOTE]
they seem to be decoy police cars, to get the protesters to ignite those instead of ones that the police are actually using
Cool stencil
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