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Can 56 angry Tamils save one girl's sight? Peace ends, 15 arrested at Tamil protest Photos: University Ave. protest Tamils pledge to stay put A young voice rouses Toronto's Tamils Protests heard around globe Tigers allege 1,000 civilians killed Thousands flee as Tigers crumble The protests on Twitter Tamil protest tiny price for freedom

An officer pinches the bridge of his nose, rubs his temples.University Ave. reopened to traffic

May 01, 2009 04:30 AM

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Emily Mathieu

Robyn Doolittle

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It only took police a few minutes to clear the street. Dozens of officers moved in, and the Tamil protesters, outnumbered for the first time in several days, gave up their position on University Ave.

"So many Tamil people are dying," said Lexie Thambinayagam, 19, yesterday after police moved a group of fewer than a hundred people to the sidewalk.

"They are dying. They don't know when they will die. They have no protection," she yelled at the police standing along the barricade.

"You guys can't push us off ... You only care about protecting certain kinds of people."

Shortly before 8:30 a.m. yesterday, dozens of officers circled the small crowd sitting on a section of University Ave. between Dundas St. and Queen St. W. that had been blocked off since Sunday night.

Police removed the protesters' possessions from the road, before herding the group off the street and erecting steel barricades behind them to allow cars to pass. No one was injured.

On Sunday, police closed the street after thousands of Tamils flooded the area following news that the Sri Lankan government rejected calls for a ceasefire by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers.

The demonstrators have called on the American and Canadian governments and the United Nations to intervene to stop a civil war that has been raging in Sri Lanka and for journalists to be allowed inside the region.

At one point during the demonstrations, the crowd was estimated to be 4,000 strong. Since then, the numbers of protesters have increased or decreased, depending on the weather and time of day.

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Police did a good job. Politicians did nothing.

It is good this is finally resolved. Police Chief Blair and those in the police force did do a good job. The problem was the complete silence and lack of leadership from Mayor Miller and Premier McGuinty. This could have be resolved much earlier if they had shown some leadership. They said and did absolutely nothing. Now, they should try to make some statement. They have to state whether this was a right or wrong way to behave in a protest. Otherwise this will happen again during the summer and with perhaps with more violence.

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