Protestors demonstrating over the deaths of George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet clashed with police outside police headquarters in Toronto.
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Protestors are getting up close and personal with police now, chanting “silence is compliance” pic.twitter.com/KAIMIUF80z
The protest against the deaths of Floyd and Korchinski-Paquet began at 2 p.m. today and while the original plan was to march to Queen's Park, they instead diverted and headed to police HQ. Protestors called police "white supremacists," "thugs" and "the real virus."
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Protestors call police “white supremacists” and “thugs” amd “the real virus” at the entrance of the Toronto police HQ pic.twitter.com/mvRz7o9go5
One protestor called a photojournalist a racist and threatened him. The crowd chanted "say her name," as regards Regis Korchinski-Paquet.
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One protestor unloads on the media, calling a photojournalist racist and threatening him. The crowd chants “say her name,” referring to Regis Korchinski-Paquet, the young black woman police say fell to her death from her high-rise balcony on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/CD9lPGICPl
The protest that was spurred by the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who died after falling from her 24th floor balcony while police were in her home, and George Floyd, who was killed in Minneapolis by police last week.
Floyd's death was recorded and a video of his suffocation spread across the internet. Korchinski-Paquet was noted by her family to have been suffering mental distress.