Getting arrested was an awesome experience. Especially when the police were taunting everyone and telling us when we were standing handcuffed in the rain for hours on end, that was part of the "punishment".
But hey, what's 10 hours of your life being physically restrained and mocked by the people who are supposed to protect you. Everyone I could see was caught in the riot push. They gave no messages or warnings. People would have just left (hence why we all stared volunteering to be arrested!).
To all the ignorant people saying "you should not have been in that area" (i was one of those people the day before), but when I checked it out for real (away from the media) I found it all to be fun, engaging and peacefull at all times on Sunday. To me, that is the same mentality as saying that a girl who wears a low cut top deserved to be sexually assaulted.
People are not realizing that most people lived or worked in the area that got arrested. There is always going to be people there. If it was that unsafe, close the business' and don't release official messages stating "Toronto is open for business!". It's Toronto. It's densely populated. No one deserved to be cuffed and dragged around the pavement when it was clear that no one was a threat.
What the police are saying and what the reality was on the ground are vastly different things. I wonder if they have more of an agenda to hide something?
Why did they take 35 mins to put out a car fire but were able to release 2 statements from their public relations office about the fire in that time span? A lot of bullshit happened and I got stuck in the middle.
This happens in Iran and we freak out. It happens in Canada and people claim the people had it coming. Great example for the world our country and others claim to set the standard for.
Here is a Vizz someone put together who was in the crowd. I'm at the 4:20 mark on the left hand side holding my shirt over my head.
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