Toronto G20 photo gallery: a surreal Sunday
Toronto G20 photo gallery: a surreal Sunday
By Karon Liu | June 28, 2010
By Karon Liu | 06/28/2010
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.
30462 A man is arrested at College and University, just south of Queen's Park, on the afternoon of June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/arrest1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/arrest1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/arrest1.jpg 512 399 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/arrest1/ arrest1 0 0
30464 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest1.jpg 340 512 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/bikeprotest1/ bikeprotest1 0 0
30465 Hundreds of cyclists gathered at Bloor and Spadina Sunday afternoon for the Bike Block action protest (Image: Karon Liu) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest2.jpg 340 512 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/bikeprotest2/ bikeprotest2 0 0
30466 Hundreds ride south on Spadina at the beginning of the Bike Block action protest on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bikeprotest3.jpg 340 512 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/bikeprotest3/ bikeprotest3 0 0
30467 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/filmstudios1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/filmstudios1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/filmstudios1.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/filmstudios1/ filmstudios1 0 0
30468 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest1.jpg 512 362 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailprotest1/ jailprotest1 0 0
30469 A man tries to diffuse the tension in front of the detention centre on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest2.jpg 512 403 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailprotest2/ jailprotest2 0 0
30470 Hundreds gathered to demand the release of detainees on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest3.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailprotest3/ jailprotest3 0 0
30471 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailprotest4.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailprotest4/ jailprotest4 0 0
30472 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease1.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailrelease1/ jailrelease1 0 0
30473 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease2.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailrelease2/ jailrelease2 0 0
30474 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jailrelease3.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/jailrelease3/ jailrelease3 0 0
30475 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/leslievillesign.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/leslievillesign.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/leslievillesign.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/leslievillesign/ leslievillesign 0 0
30476 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/queenspadina.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/queenspadina.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/queenspadina.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/queenspadina/ queenspadina 0 0
30477 A policeman in riot gear stands in the streetcar lane of Spadina Avenue on June 27, 2010 (Image: Karon Liu) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/riotcop1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/riotcop1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/riotcop1.jpg 340 512 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/riotcop1/ riotcop1 0 0
30478 Several people stayed inside the Rivoli on Sunday as police surrounded protestors at Queen and Spadina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rivoli.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rivoli.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/rivoli.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/rivoli/ rivoli 0 0
30479 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) https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/streetcar.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/streetcar.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/streetcar.jpg 512 340 [] https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-g20-photo-gallery-a-surreal-sunday/slide/streetcar/ streetcar 0 0
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