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[2] [4] Accordingly, the protest grew to encompass Lawrence's killing as well. [2] The protest began at the United States consulate on University Avenue, and then moved to the intersection of Yonge and Bloor Streets. [3] It was led by the Black Action Defence Committee. [5] Witnesses noted that many engaged in looting and violence were white ...
The Occupy movement began in the United States initially with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City but spread to many other cities, both in the United States and worldwide. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time. This is a list of some of their locations in the United States.
Emanuel Jaques (October 8, 1964 – July 29, 1977) was a Canadian 12-year-old boy who was murdered in Toronto.The sexual assault and murder of Jaques sparked outrage in Toronto, resulting in the conviction of three men: Saul David Betesh, Robert Kribs, and Joseph Woods for murder, and the regeneration of the city's Yonge Street downtown area.
Hundreds of people have staged a sit-down protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice as efforts to appeal against the sentences of more than a dozen climate activists were being heard at the ...
Yonge Street was formerly a part of Highway 11, which led to claims that Yonge Street was the longest street in the world. [33] Running (mostly) concurrent with Yonge as far north as Barrie, then continuing beyond through central and northern Ontario to the Ontario– Minnesota border at Rainy River , the highway was over 1,896 kilometres ...
As pro-Palestinian student protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York City early Tuesday, one person in the crowd outside stood out — a gray-haired woman who delivered ...
A large Brooklyn street protest reached a standoff on Tuesday when New York police began to arrest people over disorderly conduct, restraining those who refused to move with zip ties.
Protest activity later moved north to Bloor Street and later to the intersection of Bloor Street West and Avenue Road. Hundreds of protesters and several trucks blocked the intersection for hours. [361] [362] Long stretches of major arterial roads, including University Avenue, College Street, and Yonge Street, were shut down.