Anti riot police fired tear gas while taking positions to block the major intersection fronting the provincial parliament on Queen's Park, University Avenue and College Avenue as protesters tried to advance to the site.
Police on foot were aided by a dozen others mounted on horses, blocking the entire street. Another busload of police cordoned off the other road, encircling the protesters on University Avenue.
Here are some pictures from that protest march.
(All photos are by Romy Marquez - Copyright, June 26, 2010)
Summiteering in Fortress Toronto - Saturday
Police blocked off the street leading to the provincial parliament building in the background.
The protesters occupied the entire length and breadth of this road as they marched towards downtown.
Most of the marchers covered their faces and were dressed in black.
Police fired tear gas (the smoke hardly visible here). Soon after, they deployed, blocking the street.
In no time at all, a phalanx of anti-riot police materialized.
Then the mounted police, trailed by dozens of others.
Police rushed to Queen's Park to regroup.
Unidentified protesters vandalized this van and a media truck (below).
I watched the crowd go by along University Ave after watching PM Harper broadcast G8 Closing Speech. It went okay until the TTC was shut down because it became worse along Queen Street according to online news. Here's a video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrcE84zmyuI -- io media
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