Our strength is that we are fighting for what we know is right. Black bloc brought the wall a tumblin' down in no time on April 20. The police immediately lashed out with chemical weapons. The volume of tear gas fired by police was so high that it entered ventilation system of the building where the Summit of the Americas was being held, delaying meetings for two hours. A demonstrator runs up a Quebec City street, trying to remove a tear gas canister from the area.
Demonstrators throw rocks at riot police amidst a heavy tear gas assault.
Quebec City riot police stare through a section of fence scorched by a Molotov cocktail. A street medic surveys the battle area. More than 400 people were arrested while combating a secretly-negotiated free trade agreement, and hundreds more were injured, pepper sprayed and heavily gassed by the police. Street demonstrators throw tear gas canisters back at police as the siege of the Summit of the Americas meeting continues. Massive clouds of tear gas waft through Quebec City on April 21.