G20 charges against NatPost photog dropped

Brett Gundlock, a National Post photographer who was arrested at Queen’s Park on Saturday afternoon of the G20 weekend, said his charges of unlawful assembly and obstructing police were dropped after a one-minute hearing.

“I’d been photographing all day,” Gundlock said, when police started firing pepper spray at the crowd and making arrests. He put his gas mask on and then watched as a line of riot police separated, he said. “Then six cops were coming at me like linebackers.”

Gundlock, 24, said he raised his press pass in the air, but the officers had already tackled him. He’s happy to have the ordeal behind him. “The police failed; their charges aren’t sticking,” he said.