Toronto Starting To Return To Normal After Extraordinary Weekend
Posted June 28, 2010 7:52 am.
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The city is starting to return to normal after a weekend that was anything but.
Crews have started dismantling the barrier around the Metro Convention Centre that served as a symbol of the divide between G20 leaders and protesters early Monday.
Boarded up businesses and outlets targeted by Black Bloc-style vigilantes are also starting to cleanup after the unrest.
The Integrated Security Unit said gates around the security perimeter have opened and people who live and work in the former security zone will no longer have to show identification or use a pass to gain entrance to that area.
Drivers may encounter some minor problems Monday, but the ISU said “no significant closures are expected.”
And the unit offered a stunning figure Monday morning. More than 900 people were arrested over the weekend.
Hundreds of people were arrested and detained at Queen and Spadina Sunday evening after riot police blocked them at the intersection. Many people were released hours later and others were taken to the FilmPort studio at Eastern and Pape Avenues.
Authorities have been slowly releasing people from the temporary detention centre in the east end, in many cases after charges had been withdrawn.
Five temporary courts have been set up to handle the hundreds of people that need to go through the system.
