Okay, I think my retweeting finger has just about fallen off. I’ve barely gotten any sleep this weekend, but what has been happening – the trampling on civil liberties and human rights – is an important issue and needs to be addressed. For me, foregoing a little bit of sleep is nothing compared to what those who have been arrested have gone through.<\/p>\n
Following are some of my retweets. My apologies, the tweets are again in reverse chronological order – I’m trying to get as much information out to my readers as possible and need to save the time it takes to reorder all the tweets. Many of the tweets below link to some great photo and video evidence of what went on this weekend (just copy and paste the urls provided into your browser):<\/p>\n
RT @torontoist: Torontoist’s video of the Queen & Spadina cop charge after “O Canada” will be online later on Monday. (Tech. problems.) #G20
\n7 minutes ago via web
\nRT @Spacing: 11:58 p.m. Police have opened all gates @ Bremner & Simcoe. No police officers @ any checkpoint. All roads open to cars & pedestrians #G20
\n7 minutes ago via web
\nRT @TorontoPolice: the #G20 Summit #Toronto perimeter fence has been opened http:\/\/fb.me\/uVfDQTWf
\n8 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Another video from Queen and Spadina of the assembled crowd before the police charge: http:\/\/bit.ly\/9iGVrA . Video shot by @UnionSt #g20
\n8 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: The full version of that video of cops charging protesters who’d just sung “O Canada”: http:\/\/bit.ly\/bZev8q #G20
\n8 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: TPS Staff Sgt Jeff McGuire: arrests at Q&S b\/c heard Black Bloc and “people who chose not to disassociate themselves” from them in crowd.
\n11 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: #G20 RT @jonasnaimark: these are the so called thugs they trapped in today (fullsize image) http:\/\/bit.ly\/czmHr8 (via @goldsbie)
\n13 minutes ago via web
\nRT @globetoronto: Extra police to stay in Toronto at least another day: ISU, business owners to decide Monday when to ease security http:\/\/bit.ly\/bXeOt8
\n15 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: At Queen & Spadina, TTC buses currently being used to haul away #G20 arrestees, reports @SteveKupf
\n16 minutes ago via web
\nRT @tamera: The YouTube video of peaceful ppl singing OhCanada & being charged by riot police is now flagged as inappropriate. #G20 http:\/\/bit.ly\/atQoAg
\n16 minutes ago via web
\nRT @nationalpost: G20: Post photographers spend night in detention centre http:\/\/natpo.st\/asRTmT
\n17 minutes ago via web<\/p><\/blockquote>\nFollowing are some tweets from rabbleca<\/a> that I didn’t retweet (retweeting finger was tired and I was retweeting almost everything anyway by now):<\/p>\n
Photo blog: Toronto police arrest and release G20 protesters http:\/\/bit.ly\/bUxNe4
\nabout 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
\nGuardian UK also suspects police tactic of the “agent provocateur” at the #G20 http:\/\/bit.ly\/ce3v2m \/v @RickTelfer @angelaregnier
\nabout 3 hours ago via UberTwitter
\nEditorial @TorontoStar: Call inquiry on #G20 mayhem http:\/\/bit.ly\/aDt5Cv Historic Cdn mass arrests deserve investigation \/v @kmarciniec
\nabout 3 hours ago via UberTwitter
\nJohn Hilary: @andrewbrett: @guardiannews calls bullshit on @torontopolice and the #G20 http:\/\/bit.ly\/ce3v2m #g20report
\nabout 3 hours ago via UberTwitter
\nRT @vitty10: Huge props to @ebertchicago for being one of the only Americans who paid attention to the #G20 Toronto fiasco this weekend.
\nabout 4 hours ago via UberTwitter
\nJail Solidarity Rally Denouncing Police Violence 5:30 pm Monday June 28th, TO Police HQ
\nabout 4 hours ago via Seesmic
\nRT @UnionSt: Video from detention at Queen + Spadina: elderly couple at 0:13; sunday shoppers 0:17; guy coming home from gym 0:31: http:\/\/bit.ly\/aSL4v1
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: Just got word of another friend arrested. I don’t think she’s ever looked anyone the wrong way. #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nThe defining video of this wknd: protestors sing O Canada before being charged by riot police http:\/\/bit.ly\/dnaEew #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @jessehirsh: Lots of tales of stolen or lost ID, including a young american who’s passport was lost by police. #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @adammacisaac: @AntoniaZ Hoping that there is a lot of media around police attacking media ppl today. Was illegally detained for 7h, stole video equipment.
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @ppreville: The only thing missing from the coverage was a couple #bustyhookers
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @jessehirsh: Back at eastern Ave detention centre. Tragic tales being shared. No detainees emerging. Hundreds still inside. #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @redman0380: FB: Ben Out of jail. Exhausted, but dozens of comrades still inside, many hundreds picked up today – really a prison amp. Cheese sand…
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nWow! RT @ericsquair NYT gets #g20 right: “After allowing small group of people to burn police cars and smash windows” http:\/\/nyti.ms\/bAnW5s
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @TorontoStar: Live: 1st person arrested under G20 law jailed again; plans lawsuit http:\/\/bit.ly\/cJPmaY
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @ChristianPena: Just got home after being detained and processed by police at Queen and Spadina peaceful protest.
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRick: many more released tonight @mediaINDIGENA: #Aboriginal Photojournalist May Be Among Detainees at #G20 http:\/\/indgn.us\/bZoJFV
\nabout 5 hours ago via Seesmic
\nRT @krystalline_k: I lost all of today’s footage; presumably the cops made a copy and then broke my card. I should ask them to burn me a copy of my own photos!
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @davescrivener: Cop admitted to me that he was getting most of his updates from Twitter on what was happening (creepy… or a lie…?)
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @buhfy: To this wknd’s #G20 journos: well done & wonderful work produced by all. It almost felt like we were all working for the same team. (Almost)
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: This is what getting wacked by a cop’s baton 5 times looks like once bruising starts. #g20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20m4dj
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nSasha: Dating impossible men, planning a foursome and finding an orgasm http:\/\/bit.ly\/9pPfHL
\nabout 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
\nRetweeting @mediacoop: Police wait until the end of O Canada to charge the crowd. http:\/\/bit.ly\/9RR2Hr #g20 #g20report
\nabout 5 hours ago via Seesmic
\nRT @sarahbarmak: One young woman just released from detention says she had to beg for water. Another says he asked for water for 8 hours before getting any
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @lisanjutras: Update: I was arrested and cuffed, held on bus for abt 20 minutes and then given an unconditional release. More later.
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nJust got word that Indigenous organizers – and rabble blogger, Ben Powless has been released. #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via Seesmic
\nRT @michaelshapcott: Guilt by association? TO police rep sez hundreds were corralled because they didn’t ‘disassociate’ from alleged masked, armed people… #G20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @spaikin: just heard from valerie zawilski, UWO prof, who just got out of jail. was arrested for breach of peace at last night’s demo. gimme a break
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @shaminis: One of the guys we gave a ride to told us a TTC employee in full uniform was detained with them! #overkill #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 A man with a small dog at Richmond-Spa dina asks cops if it’s safe…cops snicker, girl in courts van yells.
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @spaikin: new blogposts on an unprecedented weekend in Toronto. Read them here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/d5tgMK
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @jessehirsh: Just picked up two kids from the suburbs who were released from detention centre with @emilypdhlweary #g20
\nabout 5 hours ago via web
\nRT @krystalline_k: I’m angry, but I’m also f* tired. At least they didn’t take my cane away from me but had to lay down flat on my back rain hitting my face
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @billdinTO: CP24 commentator Stephen LeDrew, a lawyer, says the way the protesters were handled at Queen\/Spadina “wasn’t Canadian.” #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @kristynwongtam: Now it’s time to release people from the detention centre. You have their ID, addresses. If no charges then release them now. #G20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\n@krystalline_k Hope you’re okay now! STELLAR job on reporting from the streets all weekend!
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @krystalline_k: was detained, cops blanked my camera and phone. Wet, tired, shaken.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @tamera: Sorry, not buying it. #G20 @torontopolice
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @matttbastard: Ok. Anyone on the ground at Queen & Spadina see protesters don masks similar to the Black Block, as just claimed by Staff Sgt McGuire? #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: Police news conference on Queen\/Spadina corral: Some unspecified weapons were found along the route. #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @AmnestyNow: Amnesty International calls for independent review of security measures put in place for #G8 & #G20 http:\/\/ht.ly\/23QSP
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nPolice presser is bullshit. HUNDREDS of officers were looking for black block at Queen\/Degrassi. Why arrest those at Spadina\/Queen?
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @durabilite: Am outside police station, want to be witness to press conference but would need media pass to get in. http:\/\/tweetphoto.com\/29588307
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Am walking on Queen at Spadina. Protest really over.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @ivortossell: Most I have seen are exhausted and hungry, but haven’t witnessed much physical injury. Ppl still emerge to welcoming hoots.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @HugoatWSR: RT @jianghomeshi: Our #G20 special Media Panel: Judy Rebick, John Cruickshank & John Tory. Tweet thoughts on coverage or emails to Q@CBC.CA
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @UnionSt: I *supported* TPS; was Blair fan. Had ID out w me + passport to comply. RT @Millionvacation: @UnionSt Don’t do crime if u can’t do the time
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nThe G20 Toronto Summit Declaration http:\/\/bit.ly\/b4LknE
\nabout 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
\nRT @nowtoronto: Two regular kids I’m talking to shivering like crazy calling their moms and looking for arrested friends. #g20. Brutal.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\n@IndiraBalki Have heard from @marygkosta that Harsha Walia has not been arrested. Her original tweet was wrong.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web in reply to IndiraBalki
\nRetweeting @marygkosta: @rabbleca Sorry, was misinformed by activist in Vancouver. Harsha Walia has NOT been arrested.
\nabout 6 hours ago via Seesmic
\nRT @UnionSt: Was w ppl who had done nothing wrong. Elderly couple w shopping bags, 3 German women getting hot dogs, dude coming back frm baseball game.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Spadina and Queen clear. Drama still on. Arrested girl in court van screams to pee.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @mamadee2010: Cars needed at jail to give drives to people being let outta jail #g20report
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Torontoist has video from the ground of police rushing protesters at the end of “Oh Canada!” Posting soon. #G20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @ivortossell: People are referring to ‘Novotel’ like it was a famous incident. Which I suppose it will be.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @MDCLegalUpdates: Queen W & Spadina situation appears has ended with an arbitrary arrest of a busload of people, others apparently released #g20report
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @matttbastard: Detained bystander to @CP24: initial protesters peaceful, cops never gave reason why bystanders @ scene held for 3 hrs in pouring rain #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: Woman interviewed on CP24 says there were children as young as 12 and 14, pets held in Queen\/Spadina police corral in rain for hours. #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @tamaracherry: “People were shaking. People were sick. There was absolutely no violence,” woman tells @cp24 at queen-spadina.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @DBast: #G20 police just let the protesters\/bystanders go from Queen & Spadina. People are cheering
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: CP24 reports people detained in Queen\/Spadina corral since 5:30 p.m. were told they were under arrest for disturbing the peace. #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @Ella_Henry: Hearing an eyewitness account of a diabetic passing out from lack of food in the detention centre #g20
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\nRT @ivortossell: Some detainees were passed through three different cells, starting with overflow cells in the garage, as cop cars and and paddy wagons passed.
\nabout 6 hours ago via web
\n@glassbeadcol Source on that?
\nabout 7 hours ago via web in reply to glassbeadcol
\nRT @marygkosta: @rabbleca Sorry got fail whale so delay. Laurie Rogers just told me someone posted Harsha Walia not arrested.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @MDCLegalUpdates: evolving situation at Queen W & Spadina. risky but if you can grab a camera & a friend, please consider going to monitor #g20report
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @marygkosta: @rabbleca Harsha Walia of No One Is Illegal, Vancouver was violently arrested w\/out being given a reason & is in custody. #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: People stuck in police corral in the rain for hours at Queen\/Spadina now starting to be loaded onto chartered #TTC buses #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @TorontoStar: Police are loading detained protesters on to TTC buses at Queen\/Spadina. #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @Kim1811: Home now. Utterly soaked. Utterly dismayed, bordering on devasted at the state of civilian rights in Toronto. #fb #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\n@marygkosta Last we heard, he was still in detention:(
\nabout 7 hours ago via web in reply to marygkosta
\nRT @TorontoStarNews: Police storm rally at Eastern Ave. detention centre: At least two people were arrested as a rally outside a makesh… http:\/\/bit.ly\/bGLevc
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @marygazze: as police let journalists out of #G20 potest, they said we’d be arrested if we turned around to shoot footage and didn’t leave immediately
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Traffic’s back up on Richmond and King.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @mikeminer: The common refrain from people detained at Queen and Spadina “We weren’t protesting, we were just checking out the scene. #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Cops change shift? One marching north to Queen, other south from Queen.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @jessehirsh: I admit it. I’ve broken down and cried a number of times this weekend. Breaks my heart to watch police abuse and assault innocent civilians.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @mikeminer: CP24 reporting 200 detained at Queen\/Bathurst. Talking to detainee on phone “I just want to get arrested so I can go. I’m wet and cold” #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @mediacoop: Yet another Media Co-op member arrested. This is so grim. #g20report #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: Queen and peter before I was threatened with arrest. #g20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20l9r5
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @AntoniaZ: RT @smithjoanna: Media at Westin for newser with PM and Indian PM Singh not allowed to leave; @TorontoStar office across the street! #G20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @lorene1voice: Social media is making it harder 4 repressive gov’ts to block info. Ppl..sharing info, images & sounds of what’s really happening in..world.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @DBast: Seems like the police at the #G20 are having separation issues with protesters. They just can’t let go (Queen & Spadina)
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Cop ask bystanders why they are taking photos? Because we want to, is the retort.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @matttbastard: OPP official now speaking to @CP24 re: ongoing detention at Queen & Spadina #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: What Queen & Spadina looks like from Sullivan. #g20 #g20report #voteTO http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20l7f5
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: 3 more buses have just shown up. Coaches to pick more ppl up. Riot cops in every other seat. #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @kathodgson: For those worried about @UnionSt: He’s still at Queen & Spadina, in good spirits “but its possible he will get arrested” via @acorntati
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @KateMilberry: Citizen on the radio is saying that he is “being detained without being detained”. Welcome to #preemptingdissent. #g20 #g20report
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @jenhassum: Dozen protesters on Queen, westside in front of Camron house. They said some folks are being released on the sides. #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nAmnesty International wants G8-G20 security reviewed http:\/\/bit.ly\/a2l8xL
\nabout 8 hours ago via twitterfeed
\nRT @mikeminer: At Queen and Spadina there is a line up of police and detainees in plastic handcuffs on one side of the road, other side all cops #g20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: Was just threatened with arrest for breach of the police for standing with 5 ppl at queen and peter. #g20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Dozens and dozens still on standoff at Spadina and Queen. Dozens being arrested, taken away.
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @michalhay: According to #cp24 protesters being herded to west side of queen street into one big group #G20 #g20report
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Will arrested protesters get dry clothes in detention? Cold, clammy and in detention…
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @craigkielburger: Vans cont to come and go from #G20 detention ctr. Unclear if ppl detained at Queen & Spadina will be brought here.
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Protested get into court vans, chant: “whose streets? Our streets”.
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @jenhassum: Just biked through Richmond and Spadina. Its where people are cattled into court vans. #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nThanks for the concern. It’s @yeeguan here and I’ve been home two hours. Kim, you ok? RT @cmcglade: @rabbleca or @kim1811
\nabout 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
\nRT @matttbastard: Caller corralled in Queen & Spadina #G20 police mobilization tells @CP24 trapped people volunteering to be arrested, just want to go home
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @Kim1811: Another bus load of civilians or cops shipped out of police zone. 2 ambulances have left filled with cops. #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nGuy getting interviewed on CTV: “It’s freezing… (people) are lining up to get arrested.” at Queen\/Spadina @yeeguan #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: Queen & McCaul #toronto retaken by cops FORCING ppl who are only trying to stay dry #g20 #g20report http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20ksya
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @mcgilldaily: One of our reporters w\/ #g20 credentials was assaulted by police outside the closed off queen and spadina ring. Details coming. #g20report
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @MDCLegalUpdates: hearing reports of severe overcrowding, repeated strip searches & denial of water & food at the Eastern Ave. detention centre #g20report
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 I ask a cop what happens to guns in rain. They are Austrian-made, can stand being under water, am told.
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @RosieBarton: Porter flights grounded.
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: Queen & John St. Intersection retaken. #g20 #g20report #toronto http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20kquj
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @ivortossell: Trapped under a tarp on eastern w. Novotel detainees from last night. Some released into storm barefoot
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @IndiraBalki: CBC’s #CrossCountryCheckUp all the callers support the marchers, mad about the cost, basically all critical of the gov’t #g20 #canadiansknow
\nabout 9 hours ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: Line of cops walking down spad with media, escorting them away from the protest. About 15 with visible media credentials #g20
\nabout 9 hours ago via web
\nRT @kady: The Court Services van gets hearty boos as it passes. #cbcg20
\nabout 9 hours ago via web
\nLong line of media appear to have been escorted out of queen\/spadina. Doesn’t bode well. #g20
\nabout 9 hours ago via UberTwitter
\n@lindathu_nguyen I got home 90 mins ago, but not before being stopped and searched by the fuzzy. be safe! =) (it’s @yeeguan)
\nabout 9 hours ago via web in reply to lindathu_nguyen
\nG8\/G20 Communiqu\u00e9: Report back from Saturday June 26, 2010 http:\/\/bit.ly\/arSckp
\nabout 9 hours ago via twitterfeed
\nPhotos: G20 Bike Block Action http:\/\/bit.ly\/cV9Al5<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBack to my retweets. “Rain is coming down in buckets…” was a retweet from rabbleca and was just before rabbleca’s “Photos: G20 Bike Block Action…”<\/p>\n
RT @RaveenaAulakh: #G20 Rain is coming down in buckets, will it defuse the tension at Spadina and Queen?
\n20 minutes ago via web
\nRT @druojajay: Raining hard. There are going to be some cold and wet people in the detention centre without food for 12+ hrs. Solidarity #g20 #g20report
\n20 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: They’re arresting journos. Not sure if I am worried or reassured that it’s not just little people getting fucked. #g20 @yeeguan
\n21 minutes ago via web
\nRT @Joeys4b: #G20 4 CTV employees are being held for arrest at Queen and Spadina according to CP24
\n21 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: RT @QUOImedia: RT @impolitical: Account by @spaikin re Guardian reporter Jesse Rosenfeld made NYTimes today, btw http:\/\/ow.ly\/23UyA #g20
\n21 minutes ago via web
\nRT @davescrivener: At Richmond and Spadina, so many buses waiting for protestors and their ride to the East End. This shit is fucked up. Mass arrests.
\n22 minutes ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: Shit. The reporters have been told to put on gas masks. And they are donning them. They are only ‘wanna-be’ protesters left mostly. #\/20
\n22 minutes ago via web
\nRT @katecallen: Police line pushing crowd east on queen, away from spadina protest
\n23 minutes ago via web
\nRT @billdinTO: CTV’s LaFlamme said the plastic cuffs have been removed from her cameraman. “He is not going to spend the night in a detention facil.” #g20
\n23 minutes ago via web
\nRT @buhfy: Am getting called back to the office just as more cops arrive at Queen\/Spadina and rain starts pouring hard. Both relieved & regretful #g20
\n23 minutes ago via web
\nRT @lindathu_nguyen: Its starting to pour, police advance on queen, pushing ppl east. Chanting this is what a police state looks like http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20kfjt
\n23 minutes ago via web
\nRT @katecallen: Southbound police line blocking Peter on queen just put in their gas masks too. Really unclear what’s happening
\n23 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Lisa Laflamme of CTV says no warning was given, and they’re arresting everyone at Queen\/Spadina. @yeeguan #G20
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @kady: The clouds are darkening, btw. It’s drizzling, but feels like it could get thundery soon. No idea what effect that will have. #cbcg20
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: Bike cops going down alley and #busfullof cops just let out at adelaide and Spad. #g20
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Major police reinforcements coming in on foot and on bike toward Queen and Spadina from Adelaide as rain torrents down. #g20
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @katecallen: Everyone just really on edge, cops and crowd. Seems like 3 days of this really wearing on people.
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @katecallen: Hearing of arrests from inside the protest but can’t get there myself. Cops wearing gas masks, some on horses too
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @UnionSt: One by one being taken away. Again: we were given no warning to disperse. #G20
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @nealjennings: they’re cordoning off Queen from Spadina to Soho. only way to go is North #g20
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: People fuses are extremely short now. Arresting people like this..may be imprudent. #g20 #G20report http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20kcps
\n24 minutes ago via web
\nRT @Spacing: Video footage of protesters singing Oh Canada and on cue police charge crowd. http:\/\/bit.ly\/9RR2Hr
\n26 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Crowds now dispersing at Q&S because of the rain. No word on the number detained yet. #g20
\n26 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Plainclothes officers are detaining, and in some cases tackling, some of those assembled at Q&S says Ryan Walker. http:\/\/bit.ly\/ciz1Jo #g20
\n26 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Very tense situation at Queen and Spadina. Streets blocked for several blocks east and west. Rumour is they will use the sound cannon #g20
\n27 minutes ago via web
\nRT @billdinTO: Dube said she’s lost count of arrests, but has seen no violence at this point at Queen\/Spadina #g20
\n27 minutes ago via web
\nRT @CP24: Police arrest several people at a G20 protest at Queen and Spadina, including members of the media.
\n27 minutes ago via web
\nRT @snotforprofit: CTV Michelle Dube: “A lot of these people aren’t protesters, they were walking on Spadina.” #G20 “Haven’t seen any violence. Many arrests.”
\n27 minutes ago via web
\nRT @CJSFNews: Anyone with a camera, cellphone, recording device, willing to witness, get out to Queen & Spadina in Toronto RIGHT NOW!
\n27 minutes ago via web
\nRT @katecallen: Crowd singing oh Canada at riot line and they suddenly charged, everyone running back and bikes falling evrywhere
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @baurenlug: Police just fired rubber bullets at us at Queen and Spadina #g20
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @UnionSt: They grab two of us. One and one and they could have all of us in 30mins. No smiles. Seriously scared. All of us are.
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @billdinTO: CTV Toronto’s Michelle Dube says CTV cameraman just arrested at Spadina\/Queen #g20 hotspot.
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @kady: At Queen and Cameron. One barricade here, another a block down. #cbcg20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20k9tv
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: Mild panic as a dozen riot cops stop two guys with knapsacks beside me. #g20 #g20report. I’m in middle of Queen St now.
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @g20mobilize: bike cops, tactical vans and police have left parkdale, they are headed to spadina #g20report
\n28 minutes ago via web
\nRT @StuJT: CTV national cameraman was just taken by police at Queen and Spadina.
\n29 minutes ago via web
\nRT @matttbastard: A repeat of what @spaikin witnessed last night @ #G20 protests is being documented today by @UnionSt. The whole world is watching, @pmharper
\n29 minutes ago via web
\nRT @julespenner: CTV reporter at Queen and Spadina, just went black. That felt ominous. I have many friends penned in there right now. Scared.
\n29 minutes ago via web
\nRT @TorontoStar: Live Blog: Sunday June 27, 6:30p.m.: 6:30 p.m. Queen and Spadina Police warn tear gas, rubber bullets at ready… http:\/\/bit.ly\/b8YDc6 #G20
\n29 minutes ago via web
\nRT @JohnNMack: This is not the queen and spadina I know. http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20kbgx
\n30 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: .@mightygodking says Q&S is completely locked down, police on all sides. Media is being escorted out of the area. http:\/\/bit.ly\/9dZcN4 #g20
\n31 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Crowd broke out into Oh Canada at Queen and Spadina, police stormed as soon as song was done, people fleeing, says Ryan Walker. #g20
\n31 minutes ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Queen&Spadina RT @UnionSt They grab 2 of us. 1 and 1 and they could have all of us in 30mins. No smiles. Seriously scared. All of us are.
\n31 minutes ago via web
\nRT @CityNews: Reports that tear gas and sound cannon will be used on peaceful protest at Queen & Spadina shortly. #G20
\n31 minutes ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: #TTC supervisors now manually reversing ALL streetcars at ONCE. Rain has started. This will be bad #G20 #Toronto
\n32 minutes ago via web
\nRT @CJSFNews: RT @pierrecote: Journalists told to leave queen\/spadina. #g20
\n33 minutes ago via web
\nRT @mikeminer: police just hammered on shields and charged crowd. struck people with batons, some thrown to ground by flkeeing crowd #g20
\n33 minutes ago via web
\nRT @marygazze: Journos ordered to leave G20 protest. Police threaten tear gas. Say will arrest everyone. Ppl trying to leave but cant
\n33 minutes ago via web
\nRT @kady: Hearing more rumours of sound cannondom. No pics yet, tho. #cbcg20
\n33 minutes ago via web
\nRT @HiMYSYeD: Suddenly everyone is running towards us on Queen. #g20 #g20report #toronto http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20k7bj
\n33 minutes ago via web
\nRT @nowtoronto: Police leaving Noble. Cheers from crowd. “they’re afraid of rain!” they cheer. Mass movement to Queen and Spadina.
\n34 minutes ago via web
\nRT @UnionSt: Behind me ppl are crying and terrified. #G20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20k5x8
\n34 minutes ago via web
\nRT @NoLore: 4 dudes with a “Support our police” banner just tried to casually walk thru the police line. They were stopped and refused access. #g20
\n34 minutes ago via web
\nRT @jessehirsh: Letting scared citizens use my phone to call loved ones. Tense on queen west.
\n34 minutes ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: Police\/ISU are now saying that 550 people have been arrested.
\n36 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: @yeeguan was searched one block from home. Got water thrown out and lectured for having a black towel. Point taken. Not really. #g20
\n37 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Riot cops at TFS detention centre standing down to strains of Death Star theme courtesy of the throng. @yeeguan #G20
\n37 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Four people released from TFS detention centre. Chants of “500” more! @yeeguan #g20
\n37 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: TFS detention centre cop: please move off Eastern Avenue. Response? “Billion dollars, where’s your megaphone” chant. @yeeguan #G20
\n37 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: RT @yeeguan: No one is budging from TFS detention centre. Chants getting louder. @yeeguan #G20 http:\/\/myloc.me\/8vK4X http:\/\/myloc.me\/8vK90
\n37 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: TFS detention centre cop has pleaded with people to leave. Response: “This is what democracy looks like” chant. #G20 @yeeguan
\n38 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: TFS detention centre cop gave second five-minute warning or arrests will be made @yeeguan #G20 http:\/\/myloc.me\/8vIYX
\n39 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Police action all over the city right now it seems. Cops moving in at Queen street and Bay, closing down King and Bay @krystalline_k
\n40 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: TFS detention centre cop: we leave in five mins or arrests will be made. #G20 @yeeguan http:\/\/myloc.me\/8vIIU
\n40 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: premier mcguinty’s new law against assembly in certain places has caught the son of one of his candidates kate holloway #G20 \/v RT @spaikin
\n42 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Amnesty Intl calling for independent investigation into the special police powers and what’s been going on in TO for #g20 \/v @Lucers
\n42 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: TFS impasse has broken. Kinda. Cyclists moved back and cops have released three people. “Number Four” chants. #G20
\n42 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: What big media ignored: 25,000 peacefully demonstrate against G20 policies in Toronto: video http:\/\/bit.ly\/c5QPXT #g8 #g20 #g20report
\n42 minutes ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: People waiting for detainees to be released sing songs. They’ve moved to the line (as requested). #G20 TFS detention centre
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20j4qa Riot cops moving in; cyclists backed onto Pape. #G20 TFS detention centre
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: RT @balkissoon: Bike ride ends, unsurprisingly, at detention centre. Everyone sitting with bikes. Chanting (cont) http:\/\/tl.gd\/25vhni
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: We’ve been told if we move off Eastern onto Pape they will release more people. @yeeguan #G20
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20izzy He said we move north or west or face arrest. #G20 @yeeguan
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: RT @g20updates: G20 ARREST UPDATE: Police say 562 arrests have been made, 224 since 6 a.m. today, said ISU spokeswoman Nena Snyder
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: At Eastern Ave: RT @tkiladze: About 60 cops meet bike protestors. Calm so far, but police pushing them back now #G20
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @JProskowGlobal: Police \/ Bike Protest facing off outside detention centre
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Canadian Civil Liberties Association denounces “sweeping arrests” of #G20 protesters: http:\/\/bit.ly\/bh4Kpw
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Cyclists from today’s #G20 ride round Robarts at 1:30 p.m.: http:\/\/bit.ly\/aaQpyb #G20
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: 100s of cyclists just swooped up to TFS detention centre. This is what democracy looks like. @yeeguan #G20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20iyfk
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Bike protest just shows up. Crowd quadrupled. Cops defensive. @yeeguan #G20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20ix2u
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Latest freed detainees. #G20 @yeeguan http:\/\/tweetphoto.com\/29530651
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: By my count that’s 12 released from the TFS detention centre. Only 537 more to go!! @yeeguan #G20
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Huge “Let them go” chants. TFS detention centre. About eight released in last five mins. #G20 @yeeguan
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Steady stream of people being released from the TFS detention centre. @yeeguan #G20 http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20iroy
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Four people just released. Five now. #G20 http:\/\/tweetphoto.com\/29528202
\nabout 1 hour ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Prayer vigil goes along King, now stopped at Bay: http:\/\/bit.ly\/b92emw #G20
\nabout 2 hours ago via web
\nI’ve also been following Torontoist’s G20 Live blog. http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61ho8a
\nabout 2 hours ago via API
\nOkay, and now to catch up on the tweets. Rabbleca has been pulling tweets from various sources even from mains… http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61ho1e
\nabout 2 hours ago via API
\nshares http:\/\/bit.ly\/95LaKu (G20 Protests and Human Rights; Amnesty International Canada Calls for an Independ… http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61hj1s
\nabout 2 hours ago via API
\nG20 Protests and Human Rights; Amnesty International Canada Calls for an Independent Review into G20 Security… http:\/\/tumblr.com\/x3icbev9t
\nabout 2 hours ago via Tumblr
\nAmnesty.ca is calling for an independent review of the security measures put in place for G8\/20 summits this week.
\nabout 4 hours ago via web
\nFor some reason the Amnesty.ca link didn’t come through from my Plurk. It’s http:\/\/www.amnesty.ca\/blog_post2.php?id=1812.
\nabout 4 hours ago via web
\nOkay, awake now and working on blog from this afternoon, and just generally catching up on the news for today. http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61fpaw
\nabout 4 hours ago via API
\nI’m actually more tired today than I thought, but wanted to send out AI Canada’s link. Will try to be back lat… http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61cdv1
\nabout 7 hours ago via API
\n… “should include opportunities for public input and the results should be released to the public.” http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61ccti
\nabout 7 hours ago via API
\n… “an independent review of the security measures that were put in place for the G8 and G20 Summits” which … http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61ccpd
\nabout 7 hours ago via API
\nThat last link was to Amnesty International Canada’s blog. They are calling for… http:\/\/plurk.com\/p\/61cc7u
\nabout 7 hours ago via API
\nRT @torontoist: At King and Church prayer vigil, “We’re actually WAITING for the cops to escort us” reports Emily Shepard. #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: The King & Church #g20 prayer vigil is pretty peaceful, but then again, it is a prayer vigil. http:\/\/bit.ly\/csGgt4
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: At bike rally at Bloor and Spadina, bike cop with an iPhone takes a photo us taking a photo of him: http:\/\/bit.ly\/akqDKU #G20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Cops were blocking Critical Mass from riding, but are now letting them go ahead, says Suzannah Showler. #G20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Cops w\/Saskatoon badges arrive at Bloor and Spadina for bike parade, reports Suzannah Showler. Hi? #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @spaikin: jesse rosenfeld, the guardian reporter who was assaulted by a police officer last night, is still missing. have spoken with his father.
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @CP24: CTV producer arrested by police recalls: “I was just standing there and next thing you know I was on the floor.”
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Next gathering today: bike parade starting from Bloor & Spadina. People gathering now. http:\/\/bit.ly\/9FL3o3 #g20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Eastern ave protest “broken up by police using batons & rubber bullets”; tasers drawn, not used, reports Emily Shepard. #G20
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: From the Star at Easterm Ave.: RT @hellohellomike: video from detention ctr http:\/\/bit.ly\/anOQdX
\nabout 7 hours ago via web
\nRT @nowtoronto: I can’t get into my own apartment on Pape ave. Driver’s license address not updated. Oops. Wasn’t expecting the cop wall. #g20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: The scene outside the Eastern Avenue detention centre half an hour ago: http:\/\/bit.ly\/clEGsw #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Chalk writing at the Toronto Film Studios detention centre. @yeeguan #G20 http:\/\/tweetphoto.com\/29524983
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Sorry. It was spelled “Leslie” @yeeguan #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: #G20. Lesley just released from TFS. Says freezing cold inside. Shitty food. http:\/\/twitpic.com\/20iguj
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: It is a fortress of riot police at UofT – and something big going on at Queens Park right now. Massive police presence heading there
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Man with megaphone at TFS detention centre leads two-person “shame” chant. Cop\/media\/activist ratio: 1:2:2. #G20 http:\/\/myloc.me\/8vp6x
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @CP24: Raw video of police clash with protesters outside #G20 detention centre added to story, top-right corner http:\/\/bit.ly\/avB9Zl
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: Around 100 cyclists who dub themselves the Bike Bloc have gathered at Bloor and Spadina. Expected to start protest ride soon. #G20
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @AntoniaZ: RT @Kim1811 RT @spaikin: Guardian reporter Jesse Rosenfeld, assaulted by a police officer last night, is still missing. #g20 #g2report
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: CP24 reports most citizens who have been arrested have been caged, strip-searched and ”caught” in a system. #G20 \/v@AntoniaZ
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @PialiRoy: CTV producer with media ID arrested and handcuffed last night (CP24) after qn w by police ‘Are you relaxed?’ “I am relaxed’. Arrest.
\nabout 8 hours ago via web
\nRT @nowpresent: CPAC has live coverage at the holding centre #cdnpoli #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @krystalline_k: Police cordon off Eastern Ave detention centre to prevent vigil from getting too close
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @stephaniesmyth: CTV’s LIsa LaFlamme reports rubber bullets fired into the crowd at the G20 jail…
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @stephen_taylor: CTV producer @farzadf was released this morning. Says he’s “safe and sound” #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: CCLA observer on scene at Eastern Ave says it wasn’t tear gas that was deployed but a smoke bomb. http:\/\/bit.ly\/cDoh0D #g20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Star is reporting some protesting outside of Eastern Ave facility are being arrested, cops hit 2 with batons. http:\/\/bit.ly\/bf2c6x #g20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: RT @postedtoronto: G20: Police arrest at least 70 at University of Toronto http:\/\/natpo.st\/bTgkZC #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: .@Sioflynn CBC radio said no at noon update – said cloud wasn’t tear gas after all. Awaiting clarification.
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @Open_File: Our @joshokane says cops fired 2-3 rounds into crowd at #G20 detention centre, unclear whether tear gas, pepper spray or rubber bullets.
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Tensions mounting at Eastern Ave detention centre. Conflicting reports about tear gas being deployed, or not. http:\/\/bit.ly\/baMSJx #g20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20mobilize: 680 news reporting that the riot cops are retreating by bus. #g20mobilize
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: The best photos from our photographers & readers of the #G20 in Toronto on Saturday http:\/\/bit.ly\/asrWD0
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Guardian journalist Jesse Rosenfeld beaten and arrested by Toronto police at #G20 http:\/\/bit.ly\/atKkC9
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: #G20 police let rioters run amok and then struck back hard at all activists http:\/\/bit.ly\/axDV3j #g20report
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @julespenner: Is no one on the G20 police force trained in conflict resolution? Nobody trained in how to rachet *down* the tension?
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Solidarity rally being forced to disperse. Moving west on Queen under heavy riot police presence. #g20 v\/ @CouncilofCDNs
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @balkissoon: Police officer R. Clayton says arrested 10-12 “Black Bloc” outside World’s Biggest Bookstore. “The ones that cause all the trouble.” #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20updates: There are reports that the protest at the detention centre has been dispersed. People leaving the area #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @g20mobilize: solidarity demonstrators, walk DON’T RUN #g20report #policestate
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @AntoniaZ: Where’s the headline: Peaceful demonstrators arrested while anarchists smash windows and torch police cars? #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Toronto is burning! Or is it? http:\/\/bit.ly\/amgHbI
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: @yeeguan Protesters being released!! #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Photos of people being removed from the UofT campus by police: http:\/\/bit.ly\/9oaz7s #g20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @CP24: OPP have sent 1,000 additional officers to Toronto #G20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @torontoist: Officers’ moods are much worse today. Presenting press credentials (upon request) still gets you told no photos. http:\/\/bit.ly\/aLesLm
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @krystalline_k: Apparently, there are only 20 activists at the Eastern Avenue Jail Solidarity event, seeking confirmation that it is still taking place
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @kady: Friendly gaggle of cops near IBC jst asked if I knew anything abt schedule for the pool buses to MTCC. Nice 2 feel slightly helpful! #cbcg20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @buhfy: Police trucks, tons of police on Edward St btwn Yonge and Bay. Guarding the World’s Biggest Bookstore with their life! #g20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Around 50 people arrested while sleeping at UofT; police claim they found bricks, etc, and articles of black clothing. #g20 @krystalline_k
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @rabbleca: Porter: When police stick to phony script [the police and the Miami model] (thestar.com) http:\/\/goo.gl\/7yzc #g20 #g20report \/v @tomflem
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @Ella_Henry: Just talked to a police officer at the detention centre he told me “we can’t do that” when asked why they weren’t following the law #g20
\nabout 12 hours ago via web
\nRT @spirodon: #prisoners solidarity rally for hundreds arrested in #Toronto during protests against the #G20 today 10h info @g20mobilize #g20report
\nabout 12 hours ago via web<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAdditional updates can be seen at Torontoist’s “G20 Live”<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I’ve already made my opinions clear in my earlier blogs on what the main issues are. I’ll leave my readers to sort through these tweets and decide on their own whether to believe the police propaganda or not. (Police propaganda? Read this article from the Toronto Star<\/em> about the “Miami Model” – Porter: When police stick to phony script<\/a>.)<\/p>\n