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After the fall of the parameter gate at Rene Levesque, 200 protesters, some but not all of them black block, charged the line of security forces inside. More sections of the wall were pulled down until a 300 foot breach had been accomplished. Protesters danced and jumped on the fence in triumph.
The security forces back off a bit, but the crowd's focus was on making its presence known inside the security zone. Troops stayed back as protesters jeered the people who the fence was meant to protect.
More forces arrived and set up a stronger police line. They pushed the protesters, who had infiltrated about 150 feet into the zone, back up towards the downed fence. Troops created a new line on the intersection just beyond where the gate stood only 5 minutes before. Another set of troops formed a line on De L'Amerique-Francaise to keep protesters from getting farther in that way.
At that point, police stood their ground with protesters still inside. The crowd threw bottles trash at the police line and chanted solidarity. A few protesters picked up the movable metal guardrails and placed them in front of the police line.
A situation remained at a stand still for 25 minutes. Protesters remained in the security parameter. About 3:30 pm, a group of black block members rushed the police line on De L'Amerique-Francaise. Police pushed back and then the tear gas was unleashed. Two quick rounds backed off the protesters, but not too far.
At 3:40, police started shooting off multiple tear gas canisters to clear out the crowd. Five minutes later the security zone had been cleared except for the corporate journalist who were too stupid to know better. Troops cleared people back from the fallen wall with more gas until the bulk of the crowd was standing on Claire Fontaine. More security forces more up from the direction of the wall city to make a police wall where once a concrete and steel wall stood.
Events became a stand off for the next 10 minutes. During that time, protesters threw bottles, stones and snowball at the police as police continued to fire off tear gas. Suddenly, a line of troops arrived, traveling south along the fence on Fontaine. The troops moved into a line to retake the green space in front of the overpriced wall that did not last 15 minutes.
Volley after volley of tear gas was launched off to drive protesters from farther from the fence. Troops took small steps forward in an effort to recreate a security parameter. At this point they started using CS tear gas, the stronger version.
At 4 pm, 45 minutes after the wall had been breached, brave protesters wearing goggles and handkerchiefs were still protesting in front of the gate that had once blocked their entrance. But troops were slowly moving to make the world safe for free trade.