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G20 Protest in Toronto - HD PICS

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Background
Last week, leaders of nations from both the G8 and G20 gathered in Ontario Canada, for meetings in in Huntsville and Toronto. Canadian authorities planning for the event spent an estimated $1 billion, mostly for security. Tens of thousands of protesters descended on Toronto, looking to have their voices heard on a broad range of issues, from indigenous rights to anti-capitalist ideals, to human and animal rights, and much more. Many peaceful marches took place throughout the weekend, but on Saturday, a small group of "black bloc" anarchists became violent, smashing storefronts and burning several police vehicles. Harsher tactics and more arrests by the 20,000 police officers deployed to Toronto soon followed, although many of those arrested were released from a temporary G20 detainment center soon after.

Now the Pics

A protester with gas mask and camera participates in a standoff with a line of riot police on Bay Street during the G8 and G20 Summits, Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A USMC VH-60 Blackhawk flies through Toronto's financial district, hovering over Union Station at a very low altitude, between the skyscrapers at 1pm on June 23rd, 2010. It landed on a grassy area next to the CN Tower, doing aerial trials/drills for the upcoming G20 this past weekend.
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Leaders of the organization Defenders of the Land lead a march of several hundred indigenous people on a march through the streets of Toronto to bring attention to the plight of indigenous peoples in Canada two days prior to the opening of the G20 Summit on June 24, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.
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Protesters march during a demonstration for indigenous sovereignty ahead of the G8 and G20 summits in downtown Toronto, June 24, 2010.
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Oxfam activists pose as G8 leaders "pregnant with promise" during a photo opportunity ahead of the G8/G20 summits in Huntsville, Ontario June 24, 2010. Oxfam urged the leaders to deliver their promises made in past G8 meetings. From left, portraying Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Canada's PM Stephen Harper, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Japan's PM Naoto Kan.
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A pedestrian crosses an empty Yonge street in Toronto on Friday, June 25, 2010.
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Heads of state and world leaders, walk to the 2010 G8 Summit family photo at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday, June 25, 2010. From left are: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; EU President Jose Manuel Barroso; US President Barack Obama; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; French President Nicolas Sarkozy; President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; British Prime Minister David Cameron; and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Toronto Metro Police in riot gear prepare to deploy around G20 Summit protesters in midtown Toronto June 25, 2010.
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A violent anti-G20 protester, using Black Bloc tactics, throws a chair through the window of a Tim Horton's while demonstrators smashed their way through downtown streets June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.
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A group of protesters all wearing black destroy a police car as the authorities stood nearby.
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An anti-G20 protester, part of a group using Black Bloc tactics, reaches into a store's broken window to loot cell phones downtown June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.
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The first of two Police squad cars was set on fire on Queen Street at Spadina Avenue, June 26, 2010 at 6:26pm. A second squad car 15 feet away was torched about an hour later and earlier in the day at around 3:30pm 2 squad cars were set on fire at King/Bay Street in Toronto.
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Riot police, using tear gas, try to disperse demonstrators at Queens Park in Toronto,
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Police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration at the G20 summit in Toronto
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Police officers stand behind their bicycles as protesters are stopped by a line of officers behind a burnt police car during G20 Summit protests in downtown Toronto
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Police officers in full riot gear form a wall across Yonge Street June 26, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. (Epic Wallpaper)
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Marine One, with U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron aboard, prepares to land alongside Toronto's CN Tower, following their flight from the G8 Summit to the G20 Summit
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Heads of state and governments and other dignitaries pose for a family picture during the G20 summit on June 27, 2010 in Toronto
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A photojournalist shows the damage done to his lower back by a rubber-coated bullet fired by riot police during the G20 Summit June 27, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.
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Riot police on horseback move through the streets of downtown Toronto in the midst of protests against the G20 summit in Toronto,
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The Feminist March files down College St. on June 25, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The march was one of several planned in the city to coincide with the gathering of world leaders for the G20 and G8 summits being held in Toronto and nearby Muskoka June 25-27.
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Police in riot gear stand guard in front of activists during a protest ahead of the G20 Summit in downtown Toronto, June 25, 2010. About 2,000 protesters thronged Toronto on Friday in the biggest rally yet against the G20 summit, facing off against police in riot gear just blocks from the U.S. consulate.
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A police officer holds back demonstrators protesting the G8/G20 summits
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A demonstrator dressed as a seal stands beside police officers dressed in riot gear during a protest ahead of the G20 Summit in downtown
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~ Only In Canada

Great pics. I really despise the G20 Summit.

So why are they protesting?



~Elmo

Cool pictures dude.
I don't know why they always have it there and what is different than the UN meetings they have.

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Good post, good quality pictures. You are not news... why?

These people want their voices to be heard, many governments around the world are cutting back at the expense of the people and not the government, and so they protest.

What were they talking about with the signs that say "Canada can't hide genocide"?

It's not just the governments, but also the banking and financial institutions that essentially had the power to prevent the financial crisises that have recently affected billions of people around the world, and chose not to do so for their own greed and power, and do as little as possible to help so that they can keep their money. Essentially...the phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too" is something these economic leaders are trying to circumvent.


Get informed.

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Probably the clubbing of baby seals and the whaling industry.