Queen & Spadina

G20 Queen & Spadina: The kettling (widescreen) Documentary Part 2

This is a compilation of various online videos depicting the events that occurred at the intersection of Queen street and Spadina avenue in Toronto on June 27, 2010 between 6:00pm and 6:30pm during the G20,  edited by Rodney Halko. This is a complete from scratch rebuild of the previous kettling compilation video, a sort of "version 2" featuring even more integrated videos and widescreen format. My footage is included in these as well.

G20 Queen & Spadina:the kettling (original) Documentary

This is the original compilation of online videos depicting the events that occurred at the intersection of Queen street and Spadina avenue in Toronto on June 27, 2010 between 6:00pm and 6:30pm during the G20 which has started at least 2 class action suits and a 3rd may be starting. Edited by Rodney Halko. 18 minutes of my footage run throughout the 25 minute video of actual 97 minutes of combined video. It is a must see. Rodney Halko did a 2nd version which I will be posting next, it also is a must see. Each are 25 minute duration making short documentaries.

G20 Police Arrest Buses Full of Protestors

I was inline to be arrested next, a female riot cop came for me. I asked that my hands not be tied behind my back as my shoulder shockets, arms and spine are very damaged.  She escorted me through hundreds of police officers behind the lines and told me I wasn't being arrested because of the power-wheelchair.

I was given a lecture on protesting and having legal help phone numbers written on my arm as advised by the Toronto Mobilization Network, whom I had also called earlier, when it was clear we had been purposely blocked in and they were starting to arrest people one by one.

G20 Protesters Get my Power-Wheelchair back

Riot cops abducted my power-wheelchair just as I was going back to it a
few feet away, protesters got me on the other side of the street to hold
onto a rail. Riot cops then forced us off there and Protesters
persuaded them to let me cross back to my chair, My left side of my body had weakened and was dragging abit and the dystonia was starting to cramp as well. I continued on, I had no choice as they refused to let me or anyone else out.

G20 Riot Cops Blockade Protesters Queen & Spadina

Riot cops continue their blockade of protestors, bystanders and getting
more abusive with people as they start shoving them around. Arrests one
by one may have started on the far side by now

G20 Protestors Sing Oh Canada to Riot Police

G20 Protesters still blocked in by cops on all four sides, are still in a
fairly light mood at Queen and Spadina and sing Oh Canada to the Riot
Police just before Police get abusive.

G20 Riot Cops Herding Protesters at Queen Spadina

Riot Cops have blocked all sides, have LRAD, and start herding in
Protesters and bystanders tighter and tigher and being abusive so they
can arrest people one by on, which clearly was the plan from the beginning of being surrounde. I am still holding on to the railing, unable to sit because of close quarters and my power-wheelchair had been abducted by Riot Police on the other side

G20 Riot Police take my Power-wheelchair

Queen & Spadina June 27th,  I had gotten out of my power-wheelchair to film I
can't stand long or walk much. It was getting difficult to stand and I
made an attempt to get back to my power-wheelchair as Riot Cops moved in closer
& dragged (it was locked so the wheels and controls won't move)  it behind them, and damaging it just as I approached, and I was ignored as I yelled out that it was mine.

G20 Queen & Spadina Riot Cops Blockade

G20 protesters, critical mass riders, bystanders, walkers by that were
surrounded by bike cops not long before given no orders to leave, and
left with no way out are now surrounded by Riot Cops, LRAD is brought in
and Riot Police take my power-wheelchair just as I head back for it

G20 Queen & Spadina Protestors Sit-in

G20 critical mass bike riders and protestors have a sit-in at Queen and
Spadina. As they are doing so, police are quietly blocking off each
street and all exits out

G20 Queen & Spadina Protestors Arrive Peacefully

 

G20 June 27th Critical mass bike riders and
protestors arrive peacefully with cops on bikes along Queen Steet to
Spadina Ave. Police in the area had been waiting hours, for
them, as had I.

G20 Queen & Spadina Protestors Casandra & Janet

June 27, 2010, late afternoon near Queen and Spadina. Casandra & Janet talk about protesting prior at the Detention Center regarding  the arrest of Emomotimi Azorbo, who is deaf and was attacked by police, beaten and arrested. They talk about other issues important to them, including Abortion rights, poverty,  and talk of the destruction of property by anarchists the day prior, and coming out on a more peaceful day, so they thought, as did I.

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