A cameo in The Toronto Star
Remember that first G20 protest? The kind of awkward one, way before people started breaking windows? One of the organizers made the front page of the Toronto Star’s website today, after she was named a prime suspect in the G20 vandalism, and turned herself in to police. You can read our interview with her here. … Read more
Really, Canada? You think this was OK?
People assembled in Queen’s Park are charged by a line of mounted police. Two were trampled by horses, according to eyewitness reports. One is visible here.
A one-man protest
We first spotted this Buddhist monk near the high security zone in Huntsville, where he was kneeling next to the highway. His name is Sekiguchi Toyoshigi, and he had walked from Toronto to just outside the the G8 site, where he meditated for 12 hours.
Where the hell’s my gas mask? Or: How the police trashed my camera equipment because I was dressed like a cowboy
Photo by Simon Hayter. He’s good. Photojournalists were strapping on gas masks and helmets when I arrived at the standoff between police and protesters on Sunday. Police had stopped a nonviolent march at Queen and Spadina, and they were forcing demonstrators, journalists, and bystanders down Queen and away from the action. The cops stood in … Read more
Naomi Klein speaks in front of police headquarters
My camera gear’s damaged after a long night in the rain (more on that later), but here are some shots I managed to get yesterday.
Kettling at Queen and Spadina: video play-by-play
This isn’t exactly great cinema, but it shows a basic timeline of events leading up to the detention of hundreds of people at the intersection of Queen West and Spadina Avenue on Sunday night.
I am not a radical
An interview with John Meadow, a participant at a peaceful demonstration outside Toronto Police headquarters Monday afternoon. 1,500 people came out to protest police actions during the violent G20 weekend.
Day in photos: June 27
We’ve been busy. Yesterday, Braden was rounded up at Queen and Spadina along with hundreds of other people, and I was detained and searched by police. My camera gear is damaged after the police left it sitting in the rain while they searched me. We have piles of photos, audio, and video to sort through, … Read more
Some more from yesterday, with more to come
A recently-released woman shows off the socks she was given at the detention centre in Toronto’s east end. Police kept her own socks, along with her shoes and other belongings, in the plastic bag until she was released.
Toronto needs justice: a reading list
A roundup of the things many eloquent people who’ve been here this weekend are writing and saying.
