400 Arrested at G20 Summit 2010 Protests

The G20 Summit 2010 in Toronto, Canada turned violent, and 400 arrests have been made.  The summit is where world leaders from 20 countries met.  The agenda at the 2010 summit included discussing economic and fiscal policies throughout the world.

Four police cars were torched, and the storefront windows across Toronto were shattered with baseball bats as violence erupted during protests at the G20 summit Saturday night and into the early hours of the morning.

The violence is disappointing, at best.  After all, you would think that peaceful protesting would be possible during this meeting.  The violence undoubtedly made for a very dangerous situation for world leaders, and if one of them had been hurt in the protests there could have been serious repercussions.

The people of Toronto are embarrassed, as this is not indicative of how citizens of the city act. Toronto is a world class city,and is known as one of the cleanest in the world.

The main focus of authorities around the protests were keeping citizens of Toronto, delegates, and media affiliates safe and sound.

The G20 summit discussed mainly financial policies.  The world economic situation has worsened over the past couple of years, extending from America to the Eurozone and beyond.

Advanced economies have vowed to halve deficits by 2013, and stabilize Debt to GDP ratios by 2016.  The world has its work cut out for them.

Just one question...how do they plan to go about doing that, given the current unemployment rates and basic economic conditions?  Will taxes be raised? Will the burden fall unduly on America to fix the world's problems?

G20 Summit 2010 Brings Protests

The 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto is bringing a lot of protests. Does it really surprise you? After all, you have representatives from the 20 most powerful countries in the world all in one place. This makes it convenient for anyone with a political agenda to come to a single place and voice their opinions to...the world.

Face it - things aren't all that great. The world economy has had it's ups and downs ranging from the recession in the US to eurozone fears that started with the default of Greek debt. There are wars raging on in the Middle East, and there are fears that Iran and North Korea are up to no good.

Iran faces more sanctions, yet claims that their uranium enrichment process is for peaceful purposes only. The North and South Koreans are experiencing increased political tensions. Israel and Palestine are STILL at odds, and STILL fighting.

Given all this information, there are likely to be several protests at the G20 summit.

The rioters in Toronto aren't by any means peaceful protesters. Storefront windows have been smashed in, and chaos has been littering the streets of the city.

Canadian officials are speaking out, telling the world that Toronto is a world-class city and that the violent riots are in no way indicative of how things go in the city.

Citizens of Toronto are shocked.

Having visited Toronto on several occasions, the images on the news are shocking. Toronto is one of the cleanest large cities I have ever seen. The people are very nice and welcoming, considering the size of the city.

The topic of the G20 summit is the world economy, and there's hopes by many that leaders will be able to come up with ways to fix the world economy.