Video: G20 looter in Toronto taken down to the pavement
posted at 5:08 pm on June 29, 2010 by Allahpundit
A palate cleanser via Iowahawk, who subtitles this one “Rage Against My Allowance.” Say, how come there are no cops around to cuff this black-bloc idiot? Well, funny thing: On Saturday, Toronto PD decided to avoid confrontation as anarchists and far-left dregs of various stripes burned cars and smashed windows in the name of “human rights” or whatever. That didn’t sit well with the public, so they changed tactics that night and ended up beating people the next day who, er, weren’t rioting. No estimates yet on the total damage, but according to Toronto’s mayor, it was a “mistake” to hold the summit there. How’s that for a vote of confidence in the city from the man in charge?
Two clips, one of the takedown and the other of the cops’ day-after “tactics.” I must say, as a lifelong New Yorker, I’ve never seen the NYPD perform a fake-charge.
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I say if they are looting and burning, shoot them.
clnurnberg on June 29, 2010 at 5:10 PM
They should hold the next G20 in Mogadishu. It’s already a mess anyway.
Mark1971 on June 29, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Must.overcome.Windows.Administrator.settings.
Can’t see videos.
BobMbx on June 29, 2010 at 5:11 PM
The Toronto city government must of fell for the BS Daily Show comparison of the Tea Parties and the G-20 in Pittsburg demonstrations.
dIb on June 29, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Remember all the crap that happened in London a year ago? Apparently, rioters have the right to riot.
Some 15 or 16 year old girl, when into a bank in the city of London that had it’s windows smashed and began destroying computers. She was arrested and presented the bill for her tantrum. I forgot the amount but it was tens of thousands of dollars. She kept whining that there was no way she could pay it all back. Well, that’s why we don’t do things like that.
Blake on June 29, 2010 at 5:14 PM
The only new twist here is that now they are opening looting the stores after they smash the windows.
Isn’t this amazing? The MSM has been waiting with bated breath for over a year and a half for the Tea Parties to erupt into the inevitable violence that MUST happen since – as the Progressive Left well knows – the The Tea Party is made up of violent extremists.
And yet in a year and a half, not one policeman has been assaulted, not one store window has been smashed, not one store has been looted and not a single car has been set on fire.
Yet for about 15 years now they can’t hold a G-20 without violent Leftist activists showing up and throwing firebombs and damaging property.
And for 15 years in a row or more the organizers of these protests come out and give their rote excuse about their ‘peaceful protest’ being ‘hijacked’ by anarchists. They are just shocked – SHOCKED!@!! – that these guys keep showing up every single year to hijack their peaceful protest.
So the violence isn’t their ‘fault’, so the Left doesn’t ‘own’ it the way the Tea Party would if one crazy guy ever shows up and decks a cop.
manofaiki on June 29, 2010 at 5:16 PM
It’s a sad thing when even the police are compromised by the left. They used to be a bastion of conservative thought and action.
Buford Gooch on June 29, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Toronto’s mayor, David Miller, is the biggest lefty weanie of them all. He’s embarassed that all the lefty supporters (the people who voted for him) cheered on the anarchists breaking windows. If more of them had pushed back like the fellow we see in the first video who tackles the looter, much of the destruction would never have happened. But they not only didn’t push back, they cheered them on and provided them cover.
ProfessorMiao on June 29, 2010 at 5:17 PM
What do you expect? Toronto is the birthplace of David Frum and other sissies.
Norwegian on June 29, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Why is watching hippies getting trampled so entertaining?
Marcus on June 29, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Dear G20,
Please hold your next meeting in Phoenix. With our soon-to-be-enacted Alaska-style carry laws, one hour, nay, one minute of anarchists rioting in streets is all that will happen.
Sincerely,
Arizona.
ExUrbanKevin on June 29, 2010 at 5:18 PM
I vote for Detroit, they could use the business. Or better yet, Maywood, California.
Tommy_G on June 29, 2010 at 5:18 PM
That’ll teach them for singing off key.
YYZ on June 29, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Definitely a misleading title for the video: Riot police “rush” the singers? Four people sitting on the pavement get chased away, and the rest of the cops advance 10 yards then stand there, and they call that “rushing” the singers?
The cops are just following the last line of the song:
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Steve Z on June 29, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Good for him. The cretin needs an ass-whooping.
amerpundit on June 29, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Was the takedown in the first video by a passer-by or by a protester that didn’t want people to loot?
As for the second video, I find it interesting that they go from singing “O Canada” to shrieking “You’re f-ing animals!!!” as soon as the riot police make even the smallest move. Now, it’s been a while since I’ve seen the clips, but, I can’t recall the people protesting with Ghandi or MLK dropping the f-bomb and they were actually getting a beating, not just getting a good fright.
JadeNYU on June 29, 2010 at 5:20 PM
The silver lining is all the injured protestors have cheap, affordable, and quality healthcare to patch them up.
Besides…whats’ a little wood-shampoo among friends, ay?
BobMbx on June 29, 2010 at 5:20 PM
I really want them to have this thing here in Phoenix. That would make me sooooooo happy.
JavelinaBomb on June 29, 2010 at 5:21 PM
LOL!
What a bunch of cowards.
Tiannamen Square it ain’t.
Mr Purple on June 29, 2010 at 5:21 PM
I thought the whole point of a sit-in protest is to NOT get up and run like a pu$$y when the cops come charging at you.
Monica on June 29, 2010 at 5:21 PM
great idea
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Where are the water cannons?
tommer74 on June 29, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Good question. I’m nearly 50, and I still find Scooby-doo and the 3 Stooges to be hilarious.
Somethings never lose their appeal…even with age.
BobMbx on June 29, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Still waiting for the PETA sit-in protest at the Running of the Bulls in Spain.
That would be must-watch TV.
BobMbx on June 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM
I wonder if this would happen if they held a G7, G8, or G20 summit in Beijing. Tienanmen (Heavenly Peace) Square can get h3!!ishly unpeaceful sometimes.
Steve Z on June 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Monica on June 29, 2010 at 5:21 PM
I’m guessing they were French Canadian.
Mr Purple on June 29, 2010 at 5:26 PM
I haven’t seen that first video, but the second one is making the rounds here in Toronto.
Basically the anarchist wackjobs went nuts on Saturday, running through the streets and breaking windows, spraypainting graffiti (“bomb the banks” is written near my office), throwing poop and urine around and of course setting cop cars on fire.
And of course the so-called peaceful protestors were not so innocent – many of them were screaming swear words at the cops, throwing things at them, hiding the anarchists amongst them after they changed out of their black bloc uniforms and refusing to condemn the violence. And naturally when the police did arrest many of them they are now screaming “police brutality” at the top of their lungs.
I’m with the police 100% here even if our local media sides with the protestors (what do you expect – it’s Toronto!) Most of the protestors came here looking for trouble – stupid lefty hippies.
CityFish on June 29, 2010 at 5:27 PM
Meh, it was pretty good, but there was no bounce, the guy didn’t follow the looter down with a knee, no pimp slap. I’ve been hit harder on the Rugby pitch. Still for an amateur I’d give him a 7.5.
LincolntheHun on June 29, 2010 at 5:27 PM
Let the Police dogs out. Than if the rioters beat the dogs its cruelty to animals & assault on a Police officer.
All fixed.
portlandon on June 29, 2010 at 5:27 PM
I do hope,that the next anarchists, who torches
a Torontonian Police Cruiser gets shot twice!!
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:28 PM
“I got your anarchy right HERE!”
ThePrez on June 29, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Two of my favorites:
1) When the “rebels” took over the NYU library building and after about 24 hours the authorities had had enough. The video taken from the inside by the rebels when the police simply pushed their barricade aside and entered and told them they were all under expulsion rules if one of the funniest YouTubes ever.
2) When Code Pink were dressed as zombies and got tossed out of a committee meeting – by Barney Frank.
Marcus on June 29, 2010 at 5:29 PM
who in their right mind would want to hold a summit in their city? seriously, it’s the same sh**, different year with these protestors for cripes sakes…
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM
I detest the idiots,during a protest,to sing our
National Athem,O`Canada,and July 1st,is only two
days away to boot,adding insult to injury!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Damn those Canuck Tea Partiers!
Bruno Strozek on June 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM
The decline of the West. Whereas we can’t even host a dinky-o meeting without incidents, the Chinese managed to host world-class events like the Olympics and Expo.
year_of_the_dingo on June 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM
are you in the toronto area?
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Hold the next one in Detroit and have those guys show up all confused.
“Oh, were we already here?”
ThePrez on June 29, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Note how the “ring leader” (the dude in the white shirt) knocks his fellow protesters on their collective a$$es as he uses them for leverage to get up and run from the cops.
I’m guessing he’s a democrat.
pain train on June 29, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Do they have an idea -at all- why they’re protesting? This looks like the 60′s day-out-of-classes-to-get-stoned-and-protest-the-war-or-something days. They’re protesting capitalism (I presume) and singing praise to their capitalist country…and God.
They deserve to get “fake-charged” just for being that freakin’ stupid.
BKeyser on June 29, 2010 at 5:33 PM
I think the next G20 should be held in Mexico City.
LarryG on June 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM
who in their right mind would want to hold a summit in their city? seriously, it’s the same sh**, different year with these protestors for cripes sakes…
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM
cmsinaz: Leftys are ALL THE SAME,wether their causing
mayhem in America or Canada!!
And I`m wondering if some of these clowns were
at the Seattle Riots!!!!:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Somebody got trampled for singing the national anthem in protest. That’s not “fake.” It’s fascist.
Nothing makes cops look worse than stupid politicians and commanders who order them to do bad policing. You think those cops running directly over singing-Canadians didn’t know how fragile Canadians are? He’s one of them, he knows.
sneer/
The Race Card on June 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Ever try a web proxy?
Kafir on June 29, 2010 at 5:35 PM
you bet your sweet pippy they are one and the same…I believe it is the only job they’ve held
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM
I think the next G20 should be held in Mexico City.
LarryG on June 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM
LarryG: Splendid idea,now that, would be a BLOODBATH!!!!
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM
That would be “safe and sane.”
The Race Card on June 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM
And Miller hates Stephen Harper. I’ve enjoyed watching Miller squirm as he’s had to defend the police’s actions — another group not on his list of favourites.
suzeecue on June 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM
Do you remember the Rodney King riots in LA, California?
The police did NOTHING to protect citizens from all the violence, murder, maiming, bashed skulls, shootings, lootings, robberies, arson, and so on. NOTHING!
They allowed the violent Los Angeles area citizens to wreak havoc, virtually destroying the entire city.
Why are the police being paid any money if they are going to do nothing but collect a pay check?
In lieu of police not doing their jobs, and in lieu of government its job, Korean shop keepers kept watch over their businesses and homes via shotguns, rifles, handguns, etc. What else could they do?
Notice who many of the looters were in that scence.
Hint: They are a people who are perpetually outraged and perteually expecting entitlements of all kinds – special consideration in hiring, special consideration in politics, special consideration as a “preferred group.”
One thing is clear. Leftists are violent. Conservatives are not violent, save in self defense.
I have virtually no respect for Canadaians any longer.
Same for US citizens, who were stupid enough to vote Socialists, Maoists, Stalinists, Marxists nuts into office and get on with the business of destroying a once great nation.
William2006 on June 29, 2010 at 5:38 PM
pwned
ted c on June 29, 2010 at 5:38 PM
If anything serious happened our young people in uniform would have to go to the aid of that weak pathetic little country and those little losers who made it home that night to thier mommy and daddy’s for dinner. A country full of poodle molesters like dave.
peacenprosperity on June 29, 2010 at 5:39 PM
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM
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you bet your sweet pippy they are one and the same…I believe it is the only job they’ve held
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM
cmsinaz: Yup,this year,Toronto gets the salute of the,
The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award!!!hehe:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:39 PM
For the 4 people sitting on the ground the charge wasn’t fake at all. If you look closely Mr. White-Joe-Cool-With-The-Sunglasses-Tucked-Into-His-Collar seems to catch a police shield right in the back as he hoofs it.
manofaiki on June 29, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Do you remember the Rodney King riots in LA, California?
William2006 on June 29, 2010 at 5:38 PM
William: Yes,nightmarish!!
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Ft. Worth should host… go ahead and break some windows in a town that looks the other way when store owners to take the law into their own hands… They might even sell hunting licences…
phreshone on June 29, 2010 at 5:41 PM
:)
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:41 PM
The cops need SEIU training.
faraway on June 29, 2010 at 5:41 PM
They aren’t hippies. They are future lawyers, liberal politicians and trust fund ski instructors.
peacenprosperity on June 29, 2010 at 5:42 PM
The Nancy-Boy in the hood got taken down rather easily. What a surprise.
I keep saying the cops are wasting good riot gear on a bunch of anarchist pansies. 30 guys from Nebraska with hickory axe-handles could clean up Toronto in about an hour.
Jaibones on June 29, 2010 at 5:42 PM
I say if they are looting and burning, shoot them.
clnurnberg on June 29, 2010 at 5:10 PM
clnurnberg:YES,TWICE!!!!:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:42 PM
“Put the boot to ‘im!”
Broken ribs are a learning moment.
mojo on June 29, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Paging Dave WroughtWall,my Liberal countryman,
love to hear his/her/its logic on this one!!!(sarc).
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:44 PM
I love seeing Tronna in pain. Awful, horrible, dreadful city. I was there on 9/11 – they cheered. Die, scum, die.
KillerKane on June 29, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Hey don’t write us all off yet!
CityFish on June 29, 2010 at 5:45 PM
They are Leftists, plain and simple. It’s incorrect to identify them as ‘anarchists’ just because the MSM does so in order to obscure their motivations.
Asher on June 29, 2010 at 5:48 PM
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM
are you in the toronto area?
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:32 PM
cmsinaz: Gawd no!!!!:)
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Were on the border with Sault Ste.Mare Michigan,
twin sister cities!!
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Ontario
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Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
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canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:49 PM
“Those protesters don’t know why they’re angry.” –Sheryl Crow
DrAllecon on June 29, 2010 at 5:51 PM
I have virtually no respect for Canadaians any longer.
William2006 on June 29, 2010 at 5:38 PM
William2006: Have some faith,were still with ya,
in Afghanistan————:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:51 PM
gotcha…thanks
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:53 PM
“Those protesters don’t know why they’re angry.” –Sheryl Crow
DrAllecon on June 29, 2010 at 5:51 PM
DrAllecon: The anger is probably the Sheryl Crow `
‘One Square Toilet Paper Doctrine’!!(sarc).
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:53 PM
That one needed a coffee alert!
ProfessorMiao on June 29, 2010 at 5:54 PM
The whole city didn’t cheer — please don’t paint all of Toronto with that paint brush. A lot of Torontonians, and Canadians everywhere, took stranded American passengers into their homes until flights were operating again.
suzeecue on June 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:49 P
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gotcha…thanks
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Cmsinaz: International Bridge straight down I-75,and
the shipping locks of transporting through
raw materials from Duluth and what not!!:)
Oh,our Steel Plant is owned by India!!:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Legal and moral issues aside, I have a hard time being sympathetic.
I’m not sure what the safe or sane thing is to do when things are going up in flames.
Esthier on June 29, 2010 at 5:57 PM
It’s only the miracle of consumer capitalism that means these people aren’t sleeping in their own shite; dead at 43; with bad teeth!
LifeTrek on June 29, 2010 at 5:58 PM
A couple of facts you should know. I don’t know how many, but some of the “protestors” came from your side of the border.
And our young men and women are over in Afghanistan helping you.
ProfessorMiao on June 29, 2010 at 5:59 PM
Are you definitively claiming that the singing was the only reason for the police charge?
blink on June 29, 2010 at 6:01 PM
All 3 million of them, minus those whose husbands went down with the WTC? Liar.
ProfessorMiao on June 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM
yeah I guess we must be pathetic because lefty violence like that would never happen in the US /
CityFish on June 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM
nice…
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM
And newspapers across the country printed full-sized US flags so we could put American flags in our windows in solidarity with our neighbours to the south. My street was a string of American flags.
ProfessorMiao on June 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM
How about a round of Kum Bah Ya?
Let’s not forget…those store owners deserve what they get. They have no right to make a profit. They should offer their goods and services to these protestors free of charge for doing the good work of equalness and light.
BobMbx on June 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM
AP, how on earth would you consider that a fake-charge? The police charged, gained ground, and held the ground they gained. That was a real charge.
blink on June 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM
What else could it have possibly been?
Blocking a public street?
Amassing a large crowd without a permit?
Breaking windows in nearby buildings?
None of that makes sense.
It has to be the uber-righty patriotic facist riot police taking people down for singing their beloved national anthem off-key.
JadeNYU on June 29, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Liberal Anarchists: Spoiled rotten college brats with too much time on their hands mixed with crack-heads looking to smash, grab, and run so they can buy more crack.
Rod on June 29, 2010 at 6:05 PM
The anti-Canada BS should really stop. I have my own complaints about the government and some of the people, but comments like these are just ignorant and pointless.
Esthier on June 29, 2010 at 6:05 PM
They didn’t sing alternate stanzas en Francais.
ProfessorMiao on June 29, 2010 at 6:05 PM
everywhere, took stranded American passengers into their homes until flights were operating again.
suzeecue on June 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM
suzeecue:Great point,we opened up our airports and accomad
ated our south of the border brothers and sisters!
–:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 6:06 PM
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM
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nice…
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM
cmsinaz: Ya,ugh!!:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 6:07 PM
That’s really nice. I think videos of things like that should be included when we remember 9/11. Something beautiful did happen after, and I think many of us have forgotten that.
Really cannot stand stupid people who think like that. I tried reasoning with one once who seemed somewhat intelligent, but it was a total waste of time.
Esthier on June 29, 2010 at 6:08 PM
The only pro-US sympathy in Toronto after 9/11 was from firefighters and police. For everyone else, border delays concerned them more. They were more interested in money than in human lives, even from among their own people.
KillerKane on June 29, 2010 at 6:08 PM
The cops need SEIU training.
faraway on June 29, 2010 at 5:41 PM
faraway: Union Thugs,hehe,lol!!:)
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 6:10 PM
It was all a terrible mis-understanding.
Earlier in the day, at the police briefing a notice was read to the large crowd of officers about to go on duty that made mention of several well-known drug dealers had been seen in the area. Unfortunately, it’s common practice to refer to drug buyers as “crack heads”.
Given the drama, tension, mood, and mostly noise of the event, the police officers thought they had been issued orders to get there and “round’em up and crack some heads”.
Which they dutifully did.
BobMbx on June 29, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Judging from their performance on Saturday apparently the cops thought the line was “We stand around for thee.”*
*With apologies to Mark Steyn whom I ripped that off from. heh.
MT
Mistahtibbs on June 29, 2010 at 6:11 PM
They were more interested in money than in human lives, even from among their own people.
KillerKane on June 29, 2010 at 6:08 PM
KillerKane: Thats smacks of Social Justice Crazy Talk!!
canopfor on June 29, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Hell yea. I live in DT. I’m armed to the teeth. My only concern is that leftist Mayor and his leftist chief of police.
Tim Burton on June 29, 2010 at 6:16 PM
wow – lies, lies and more lies. Toronto has never been more pro-US than they were on 9/11.
Maybe it was just the people you associated yourself with who were such horrible people?
CityFish on June 29, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Next G-20 to be held in Gaza and the protesters can get there using flotillas.
Electrongod on June 29, 2010 at 6:21 PM
even better! excellent choice:)
cmsinaz on June 29, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Where in Toronto were you??? The part I was living in was mostly in shock, a lot of people crying, a lot of pro-American feeling. Gross generalize much?
suzeecue on June 29, 2010 at 6:23 PM
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