There are worrying reports of riot police attacking peaceful demonstrations at the G20 summit in Toronto Canada. This video shows a group of non-violent protesters being rushed by a squadron of police in full riot gear.
Canadian news outlet the National Post reports that two of their photographers were assaulted, handcuffed and had equipment confiscated before spending 24 hours in a detention centre.
The Guardian also reports that Canada spent a billion dollars on security for the event (by comparison, London last year spent some $30 million)
This comes on the back of a recent revelation that police are allowed to arrest anyone they want during the G20 summit. As BoingBoing reports:
In Canada you're not required to show ID. Except if you're in the 'G20 Zone'. You see, the law allows an exemption to the 'show ID' principle for public works. These are usually things like power stations, dams, etc. Well, the government got clever and just declared the entire area a 'public work' so police can go around demanding ID. The best part of this? The law that made this happen won't even be PUBLISHED until after the G20 is over. So nobody knew about it until the cops arrested someone.
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