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A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)

A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)

Date8/19/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emergency task force lowers himself from a fire department cherry-picker.
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