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Police beat journalist covering G20: report

jesse-journalist.jpgJournalist Jesse Rosenfeld says he was detained for almost 20 hours. (CBC)

By CBC News

Freelance journalist Jesse Rosenfeld says police beat him Saturday night in Toronto as he covered a G20 demonstration.

A second journalist who witnessed the incident said it was "not a great night for democracy."

Steve Paikin, host of TVO's The Agenda public affairs show, was watching protesters on a downtown Toronto street, the Esplanade, on Saturday night.

In a message posted on Twitter, Paikin wrote that the demonstration was peaceful. "It was like an old sit-in. No one was aggressive, and yet riot squad officers moved in."

Police told him to leave, and "as I was escorted away from the demonstration, I saw two officers hold a journalist."

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