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Commotion in St. James town, Police wearing gas masks drag a handcuffed man from Wellesley St. building last night, after someone threw furniture from(...)
Commotion in St. James town, Police wearing gas masks drag a handcuffed man from Wellesley St. building last night, after someone threw furniture from(...)

Commotion in St. James town, Police wearing gas masks drag a handcuffed man from Wellesley St. building last night, after someone threw furniture from(...)

Date5/9/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Commotion in St. James town; Police wearing gas masks drag a handcuffed man from Wellesley St. building last night; after someone threw furniture from a 12th-floor apartment. Tear gas was used to stun a knife-wielding man before police burst in as a crowd of about 100 gathered outside. A 35-year-old man will be held for psychiatric examination; police said.
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