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Well, we all know how Saturday turned out for Toronto. But do we really know what happened leading up to it?

Media reported that lines were overrun and that led to police having to abandon their cars. Well, I was there and have a different version of the events.

Here’s how it built up to the breaking point…

Protest marches were going well and mostly uneventful. At Queen, a line (indicated by the blue) of police officers on bikes were funneling the protesters North, which all protesters complied with. The dark thick line is where Riot Police were stationed. No protesters made it anywhere near them and were following the path set out by police.

Here’s an image of the police line guiding protesters without incident.

Randomly, for no reason at all, (considering more than half of the protest had already gone North on Spadina) the police broke their line and moved back to the West side of Spadina. Allowing protesters access to move south a block right into the line of Riot Police. Weird strategy #1.

And here’s the image of them moving off their line that was holding.

Protesters that had followed the planned route realized they’d lost half their group and turned back going south on Spadina to where the police on bikes had broken their line. Peaceful protests were here for roughly an hour before the chaos erupted.

In a very strange move by Police, they moved 2 squad cars into the middle of protests. (The only squad cars I saw ever were behind the fence… 99.99% of the time, they used their Dodge Caravans to move around.) Now, here’s where it get’s a little more sketchy.

Police in riot gear secured the cars after the initial attack. They held a line in front of the two squad cars. They could have gotten back into the cars, backed them down the street.

Instead, they decided to abandon them. Leave them for the the violent protesters to play with. Weird Strategy #2.

Someone said that they heard over police radio “They are decoy cars. Keeps them away from the fence.” Now, if this is in fact true, that’s like throwing gas onto a fire hoping it won’t spread.

Now lastly, what happened afterwards… well, we all saw. 15,000 police allowed 100-500 (based on who you ask) people using Black Bloc tactics to take over this city.

Let me get this straight, just so I understand… 15,000 officers, trained in security, with padding that made them look like robotic soldiers, with shields, batons, tear gas, pepper spray, tasers, LRADs, gas masks, face shields and specialized group training were what…. afraid?

No. When there is a crime being committed, it’s the police responsibility to act. Had they arrested a few extra people who may have been peaceful on Saturday, there wouldn’t have been such an outcry like there is now because the streets were in chaos.

I truly believe that police WANTED and ALLOWED black bloc agents to destroy our city. Why? To justify the 1.2B security budget. To let the world’s media show the iconic video of a burning police cruiser. To make protesters as a whole, look like villains.

I was there. This is what I saw. I don’t ask you to take my opinion, but I do encourage you to think for yourself. Pretend your David Caruso putting together a crime scene. What makes the most sense? (And don’t forget to put on those sunglasses when you’re done!)

I’m not condoning the persons using Black Bloc tactics, but, when you hand the city over to a few people hellbent on destruction, what do you expect to happen?

Here’s some more pictures and video for you to look at. Tell me what you think? Do I sound like a conspiracy theorist nut job? Do you agree? Do you disagree? Are you shocked? Please let me know.