Summary From Live Leak. "TORONTO [06.26.10] – Masked protesters rioted across downtown Toronto on Saturday, setting police cars ablaze and smashing store windows in a violent show of opposition to the G20 summit. Toronto police chief Bill Blair admitted police had struggled to control the crowds, and had used tear gas on one occasion, after warning people to stay away from trouble spots. "We have never seen that lev More..el of wanton criminality and vandalism and destruction on our streets," he told an evening news conference. Police said they have arrested more than 600 demonstrators, many of whom were hauled away in plastic handcuffs and taken to a temporary holding center constructed for the summit. Police adopted a more aggressive strategy Sunday by going into the crowd to make arrests, compared to the previous day when they stood back as protesters torched four police cars and broke store windows. Bridie Wyrock, 20, from Cleveland, Ohio, said she was arrested for public mischief for sitting on a street in the financial district. Wyrock, held for 19 hours before being released, said there weren
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