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At the beginning I just stayed in the house and shot pictures through the window as I didn’t want the police causing me any trouble due to the photography. It’s not illegal to take pictures of police, but they don’t like it. Fortunately I have a pretty good telephoto lens with a reach of 300mm.
Once I noticed my neighbors rubber necking outside, I stepped out and took a few more shots, but by then everything was over. Did see a news camera from CITY News there and have checked their site but can’t find any info on the raid.
When I moved into this house and told the few people I know in Toronto they all told me this was a great neighborhood and that the school my kids would be going to is very good. Absolutely did not expect this to happen.
through my kitchen window
Another shot through the kitchen window – these guys are about 150 meters away
from my front lawn
After the raid – they looked at me and didn’t say anything as I took photos
Walking to the squad cars and unmarked vehicles lining my street
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XUP: Wednesday Jul 20, 2011 at 05:16 PM
Hi Sean! Welcome to you and your family to the big city. I hope everyone is settling in okay? I work up in North York. It seems like a decent area. SWAT raids can happen anywhere. It was probably a once in a lifetime fluke and you happened to be there. BTW - Were you on Spadina near Queen on Monday afternoon?