Commemorating the survivors of the 2010 Toronto G8/G20

In honour of the memory of Gabriel Jacob, one of many people who were wrongfully thrown in the cages at the G20.

Starting at midnight June 27 we will be streaming the entire 30 hours of police surveillance footage that documents the experience of Gabe Jacobs in the G20 cages. The live stream will begin Jun 27/20 12:09:28 a.m. and continue for the subsequent 30 hours of his incarceration:
https://www.twitch.tv/gabecage2010
https://www.facebook.com/whatworldproductions/videos/707212846744442/

In 2010 the G20, the international forum for select governments and central banking, took place in Toronto.  Protestors sought to bring attention to issues of poverty, anti-capitalism and austerity and were met with a highly militarized response, including surveillance and advance arrests of activists, agents provocateur from police departments, and mass arrests and incarcerations. In the aftermath of the protests, the Toronto Police Service and the Integrated Security Unit (ISU) of the G20 Toronto summit were heavily criticized for brutality during the arrests as well as massive human rights abuses, resulting in protests, legal action and class action lawsuits.

In 2012, during the making of a community video project on police violence against marginalized and racialized people in Toronto, the Sanctuary community submitted a freedom of information request.  Two years later we received copies of the video surveillance filmed by the police in the makeshift cages set up in a film studio to accommodate the mass arrests of over 1,000 people during the G20.  Two years later, the footage was used to tell Gabe’s story in What World Do You Live In?
You can watch the entire 90 minute film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BdoXEg_joU

Here is an excerpt that tell’s Gabe’s story:  https://vimeo.com/105086991

The time code burned into the police footage begins with Gabe’s arrival at the detention centre/film studio at Jun 27/10 12:09:28 a.m.