CTV correspondents on the ground in the midst of violent protests in downtown Toronto share their frightening front-line view of the G20 protests chaos.
Riot police wearing gas masks get ready prepare themselves on Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Naomi Parness CTV News
Riot police wearing gas masks get ready prepare themselves on Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Naomi Parness CTV News
Riot police and protesters clash in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Austin Delaney / CTV News
A Toronto police cruiser sits damaged on Queen Street West after protesters smashed the windows, Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Paul Bliss / CTV Toronto
Smoke from a flare billows amid the protesters on Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Paul Bliss / CTV Toronto
A Toronto police cruiser is torched at King and Bay in downtown Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Paul Bliss / CTV Toronto
Smoke can be seen after a Toronto police cruiser was set on fire at King and Bay in downtown Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Naomi Parness / CTV News
The guy in black? His name is Jamie Getgood. He said he came out to see what $1 billion in security spending looks like, and he doesn't plan to do anything violent.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
This is the number given to protesters to call for legal help.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
Protesters greet police with flowers on Spadina south of Queen.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
On Spadina, south of Queen. Police donning gas masks, around 2:30 p.m.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
Spadina, south of Queen, as police get ready to confront violent protesters who had emerged on the scene.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
Urban Outfitters on Queen Street, open but ready for whatever might happen.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
A man is detained by police while his bag is searched at University Avenue and Dundas Street West. Police were reportedly conducting similar searches on suspected protesters across the downtown core early Saturday.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
Riot police form line at Richmond and Duncan Street.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
Police clash with anarchists and members of migrant rights group No One Is Illegal in front of the CTV building on Queen Street West.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
Police clash with anarchists in front of the CTV building on Queen St. West. It didn’t appear that anyone was injured in the skirmish.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
A line of media on the left, a line of police on the right, at Queen and John in front of the CTV building.
Ian Munroe/CTV News
A police cruiser is seen after it was trashed by protesters near Queen Street and SoHo Street in Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Keith Hanley / CTV News
People sit on the road near the security fence at Bay and Front Streets in Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Francis Gibbbs / CTV News
A police cruiser burns after anarchists set it a blaze on Queen and Soho Streets in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Sandie Benitah / CTV News
Sod and flowers and plants spell out NO G-20 on Adelaide between Bay and Yonge Streets on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Paul Bliss / CTV Toronto
Riot police form a line with protesters on the other side near Queen’s Park in Toronto around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Naomi Parness / CTV News
A police cruiser with a smashed rear window is seen near Bay and Wellington Streets within the fence and close to Union Station on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Omar Sachedina / CTV News
Protesters dressed in black form a line in front of riot police in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Paul Bliss / CTV Toronto
Protesters dressed in black form a line in front of riot police in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Paul Bliss / CTV Toronto
Police block off entry to Queen's Park from west and south while protesters take up spot on street on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Julia Burke / CTV News
Hundreds of riot police officers have mobilize near Bay and Wellington Streets close to the security fence around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Omar Sachedina / CTV News
Police block off entry to Queen's Park from west and south while protesters take up spot on street on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Julia Burke / CTV News
Police move in and make an arrest during a massive morning raid near Spadina and College in downtown Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Keith Hanley / CTV News
Passersby observe the damage done to Starbucks at the corner of Queen and John Streets after members of the black block smashed several windows on the property on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Sandie Benitah / CTV.ca
Police move in and make arrests during a massive morning raid near Spadina and College in downtown Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Keith Hanley / CTV News
A woman is searched by police near Queen and Spadina after police removed her from a car to question her on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Ian Munroe / CTV.ca
A man is searched by police near Queen and Spadina in downtown Toronto on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Ian Munroe / CTV.ca
Dozens of cyclists leave the area of College and University shouting 'Head to Eastern Avenue' around 1:30 p.m. in Toronto on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
John Musselman / CTV Toronto
Activists with bikes take part in a peaceful sit-in in front of the temporary G20 detention centre in Toronto on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Denise Kimmel / CTV News
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