Police march east on King Street past a burning police cruiser in the heart of Toronto's financial district. Aaron Lynett/National PostG20 Protesters Riot In Toronto -- The Guardian
Several hundred masked anarachists break away from peaceful demonstration to smash storefronts and torch police cars
Toronto was today counting the cost of rioting as a group of anarchists torched police cars and smashed storefronts close to the G20 summit.
Bill Blair, the city's chief of police, admitted officers had struggled to control the crowds, who at times numbered several thousand. He said 75 people had been detained, including some he believed were ringleaders of the violence that lasted through the afternoon and evening, after several hundred masked protesters broke away from a larger, peaceful demonstration.
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