Toronto G20 photo gallery: a surreal Sunday
Toronto G20 photo gallery: a surreal Sunday
Yesterday, protests throughout the city remained peaceful. Security officials, however, were taking no chances, breaking up groups of activists at various spots throughout the downtown. The final showdown on Spadina ended in mass arrests under teeming rain. Here, our photos from the confrontations on Queen West and at the Eastern Avenue detention centre.
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- A man is arrested at College and University, just south of Queen's Park, on the afternoon of June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- A cyclist stands in the middle of the road at Bloor and Spadina at the beginning of the Bike Block action protest (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Hundreds of cyclists gathered at Bloor and Spadina Sunday afternoon for the Bike Block action protest (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Hundreds ride south on Spadina at the beginning of the Bike Block action protest on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Police in riot gear prepare to enter the Toronto Film Studios, which served as a makeshift detention centre for the duration of the G20 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Many protestors, including cyclists from the Bike Block protest, ended up in front of the detention centre on Eastern Avenue demanding that the police let detainees go (Image: Karon Liu)
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- A man tries to diffuse the tension in front of the detention centre on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Hundreds gathered to demand the release of detainees on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Protestors chant "This is what democracy looks like, that is what fascism looks like" in front of the detention centre on Eastern Avenue on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- The first detainee is released from the detention centre on Eastern Avenue on Sunday, June 27, 2010. Officers at the scene called it "an act of good faith" (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Detainees are released one or two at a time every few minutes at the temporary detention centre on Eastern Avenue on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Some detainees head directly to friends and family waiting in the crowd; others make a beeline for the bus stop; others approach the press (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Two women erected this pro-police sign across from Jimmy Simpson Park, where a demonstration was to be held on June 27, 2010. The sign was yanked down by a protestor minutes later (Image: Karon Liu)
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- At Queen and Spadina, police pick off protestors from the crowd for interrogation; down the street, cops in riot gear close in on the crowd (Image: Karon Liu)
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- A policeman in riot gear stands in the streetcar lane of Spadina Avenue on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu)
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- Several people stayed inside the Rivoli on Sunday as police surrounded protestors at Queen and Spadina
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- After being shut down during the previous day's riots, the Queen car begins its regular service on Sunday, June 27, 2010. (Image: Karon Liu)
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