Tamil Protest Closes Gardiner Expressway in Toronto
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Stumble ThisThis looks like a rip of a slightly higher rez copy here which can't be embedded - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWYqH006UGM
It's footage of thousands of Tamil protestors storming the onramp to the Gardiner expressway (starting slightly north on Spadina Avenue). Shutting down the highway today (Sunday May 10) caused some crazy traffic gridlock, but was meant to draw attention to the thousands of recent civilian casualties in the ongoing Civil War / genocide underway in Sri Lanka as the government tries to finish off the Tamil's rebel army.
The video ends just as the crowd is racing up the onramp to the highway. They ended up shutting down traffic in both directions. Amazing photos also up at http://torontoprotest.blogspot.com/.
It's footage of thousands of Tamil protestors storming the onramp to the Gardiner expressway (starting slightly north on Spadina Avenue). Shutting down the highway today (Sunday May 10) caused some crazy traffic gridlock, but was meant to draw attention to the thousands of recent civilian casualties in the ongoing Civil War / genocide underway in Sri Lanka as the government tries to finish off the Tamil's rebel army.
The video ends just as the crowd is racing up the onramp to the highway. They ended up shutting down traffic in both directions. Amazing photos also up at http://torontoprotest.blogspot.com/.
And a blog-ish article on the demonstrations: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/05/11/275890.aspx