Two ‘Occupy Toronto' protesters were arrested as officers broke up a rally outside a downtown police station early Sunday morning.
The protesters were among a crowd of about 30 that gathered outside 52 Division headquarters near University Avenue and Dundas Street late Saturday afternoon to protest the earlier arrest of four other members of their movement.
Dundas Street was closed from University Avenue to McCaul Street until police finally moved in around 2 a.m.
The two protesters were arrested after refusing to leave the road and were charged with mischief and interfering with traffic.
The arrests bring the total number of ‘Occupy Toronto' protesters arrested in recent days to seven.
On Friday four protesters, who had been camped out in front of Osgoode Hall, were arrested when they refused to leave the area.
Another was arrested during a protest calling for the immediate release of the four in custody later that night.
Protester says she was assaulted by police
On Saturday one of the protesters arrested outside Osgoode Hall accused police of assault.
A cell phone camera captured two officers wrestling Angela Turvey to the ground outside Osgoode Hall Friday afternoon and struggling to handcuff her as she bled heavily from an open wound along her eyebrow.
"We are not commenting on the arrest, but I can say I was not resisting as I have a neck injury that prevents me from putting my hands behind my back," Turvey told reporters outside court after being released into the custody of her parents. Turvey, 36, was charged with obstructing a peace officer and assault with intent to resist arrest in connection with the incident.
Turvey's lawyer Michael Leitold told reporters that he would like to see the Special Investigations Unit probe the circumstances of his client's arrest.
The SIU is an arm's-length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
"These injuries are serious enough to warrant an SIU review of the incident," he said. "Any orbital bone fracture, like what Angela has described, ought to be falling within the SIU mandate."
