I stumbled upon dozens of videos dated last week about riots in Toronto, police cars were burning, people were rioting in the streets. Toronto is in chaos...and I don't know why!!! Help me out?
Four answers:
2010-07-01 14:49:38 UTC
The G8 and G20 were held in and around Toronto. So the protesters wanted to protest their causes and did so with peaceful means. However some thugs and a lot of them wanted to do destruction and tried to pull down the security fences and were burning cars and attacking the police. They were the only ones doing any destruction. Too bad. Otherwise the whole thing would have been very peaceful. It was thought the thugs came into Toronto from elsewhere or some may have been university of Toronto students acting out. They had their faces covered in black bandannas. Stupid.
The summit is an opportunity for the leaders of countries to get together to talk about important issues in one place , face to face. So protesters take the opportunity to try and show the leaders that they should focus on certain issues.
2010-07-01 14:42:42 UTC
Last weekend was the G20 summit in Toronto. There was a protest parade within the city core and a group of individuals from an Anarchist Organization called the "Black Bloc" rioted. The Black Bloc is in reference to their black outfits and masks.
They did untold damage to small business' as well as large corporations. Several police cars were also torched.
EDIT: The G20 was established in 1999, in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, to bring together major advanced and emerging economies to stabilize the global financial market. Since its inception, the G20 has held annual Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meetings and discussed measures to promote the financial stability of the world and to achieve a sustainable economic growth and development.
Also the Leader's of these Governments attend as well as invited non Nation members.
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2010-07-01 15:42:03 UTC
Meet of the top 20 richest industrialized countries in the world.