RE: orange spray paint outside tents, they're marking who is a resident, so they won't be charged with trespassing. This is to identify who is a supporter, with the aim to force us out ... pending arrests, tickets, I expect.
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Horses marching through the narrow path outside the cage.pic.twitter.com/utasBCXL4V
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Pushing people toward the north side. Grotesque violence. I can't. I'm going to cry.pic.twitter.com/3xMLyUWTFM
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On the outside now. Police barricading access back into the cage. People chant: "quit your job" at police.pic.twitter.com/To5gLVAgii
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I just saw my friends, colleagues arrested, assaulted, dragged across the ground, pepper sprayed. I don't know how many. I am feeling the sting of the spray, and a profound disgust at what I just saw. This is my home. These are my neighours. We all belong. We don't deserve this.
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Being forced to move toward King St. People telling each other to make sure they don't get caught behind the police.pic.twitter.com/sUiEu13ckI
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Just had to sprint. Sudden, but brief, advance toward us. People once again shouting: "Quit your jobs!" No. Not quit. Abolish your jobs.
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@Wyld_Wych is being released with a $65 ticket.https://twitter.com/Diana_C_McNally/status/1417904553568215042?s=19 …Show this thread -
@myhumbleonions: police were pushing our bodies onto the tents. They used our bodies to destroy them.Show this thread -
@beyrima: I lept over a wall. I got pepper sprayed.Show this thread -
What now? The aftermath continues on King St. Will Moss Park be next tomorrow? Where are our friends who have been arrested. A break for rest (civil disobedience-style) and intel.pic.twitter.com/2kumX0hy48
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How many of my friends, colleagues were injured? Pushing people and using their bodies to destroy tents. Pepper spraying myself and many others I'm okay). Dragging people on the ground. Safety is clearly contextual, and your def'n is 'police safety' only.https://twitter.com/TPSOperations/status/1417903472998076425 …
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We are counting 32 arrests on our end. 19 released so far. Higher than the count from
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Meanwhile, the football of culpability for today's grotesque violence at
#LamportStadium is being punted between@JohnTory@TorontoOEM@TorontoPolice (repeat, ad nauseum) ...https://twitter.com/cristina_CP24/status/1417902784880553987 …Show this thread -
A gentle reminder that as a co-author of
#APathForward, myself and many other orgs, leaders presented@cityoftoronto w/ a roadmap for compassionate, effectual engagement w/ unhoused people.#LamportStadium happened b/c@JohnTory refused our approach. Sign:http://chng.it/LZPHD5gkShow this thread -
We brought our own: thank you
@MDCLegalUpdates. Also, the primary issue today was not media restriction, although their presence was a crucial element that helped to document extreme use-of-force (ahem, this was the issue).https://twitter.com/kristynwongtam/status/1417920302613401606 …Show this thread -
On the subject of Councillors, TY,
@m_layton. I also appreciated your support w/#APathForward. That said, we know the power to stop actions like we saw today lies w/@JohnTory. He must listen to advocates, service providers, unhoused ppl.https://twitter.com/m_layton/status/1417919681453830145 …Show this thread -
"Compassionate, but firm."https://twitter.com/KWardTV/status/1417904307895218178 …
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Yes. Unhoused folks were present to defend their community members. So were staff from key partner agencies with
@cityoftoronto, including myself as a Coordinator with@TODropinNetwork. Critics criticize (unjustly), but we know who we are on the ground.https://twitter.com/Fudbar/status/1417958921038438418 …Show this thread -
... rather on point, no? If
#encampments are removed for 'health and safety concerns', why are anti-mask protestors given safe police escort? Oh right, class war.https://twitter.com/AdamLockett34/status/1363199273911914499 …Show this thread -
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On that disturbing, infuriating note, ask a legal expert on property law (thank you
@estair for using the necessary emphasis):https://twitter.com/estair/status/1417911069486452738 …Show this thread -
Go to
@TPS14Div IMMEDIATELY.https://twitter.com/TheBikingLawyer/status/1417975460969992192 …Show this thread -
No one was housed. No mention of
@TorontoPolice brutality. Myriad other omissions and creative euphemisms. I feel like I've engaged with@cityoftoronto 20,000 times on everything they're doing wrong.https://twitter.com/cityoftoronto/status/1417972698765008896 …
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Yes. Work with us, and the 61 organizations, including
#homeless service providers, who signed on to the letter I co-authored,#APathForward. It is a roadmap for a safer, healthier, kinder alternative to the ineffectual brutality we saw today.https://twitter.com/JoshMatlow/status/1417986468140797953 …Show this thread -
Civil Disobedience 101: the right to protest & the disruption of government services are not mutually exclusive, & the latter is valid, effective, & understood as a tactic. Besides uninformed, this statement makes
@JohnTory complicit w/ today's violence.https://twitter.com/jpags/status/1418021296630284294 …
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More to the point ... what services? A reminder that no one was housed today, & social work support was absent. The only 'conversations' I saw were people telling us that we — meaning supporters, media, unhoused people — could be arrested for trespassing.https://twitter.com/Diana_C_McNally/status/1418061022498377734 …
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As well,
@StFelixCentre — who receive@cityoftoronto funding & operate the#homeless respite in#LamportStadium — asked you not to forcibly evict#encampments. They are arms-length City staff who actually engage with residents & offer support with essential & emergency needs.Show this thread - Show replies
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