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“The real purpose of this entire exercise is to persuade people that are in unsafe, unhealthy, illegal encampments to come inside,” Mayor John Tory said Wednesday morning.
“That effort will continue.” A Toronto Police officer says he was pepper-sprayed by an activist at Lamport Stadium Park on Wednesday July 21, 2021. JACK BOLAND/TORONTO SUN Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun
Faced with growing crowds on both sides of the barricades, the city took action just before 1:20 p.m.
About 100 officers moved north into the park, clashing with activists who erected a wall of wooden shipping pallets to protect the encampment.
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