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“Justice! For Sammy!”

At 5 pm on Monday afternoon, 150 people converged at Yonge and Dundas for the start of a march held in memory of – and in protest of the death of – Sammy Yatim.

As it moved west on Dundas, the procession rapidly swelled until it occupied the width of the road for several blocks at a time. (I won’t pretend to be any good at crowd estimates. It was 500 people? A thousand?)

Yatim had been gunned down by police at Dundas and Bellwoods, and the rally remained there for some time before a group split off and headed to 14 Division on Dovercourt. Over the next few hours, the assembly at 14 Division gradually dwindled, until only a couple dozen protesters remained.

At around 11 pm, they ordered pizza, which they had delivered to their sit-in outside the police station.

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