Toronto Police have warned pro-Palestinian protesters to behave, saying agitators are escalating tensions on Toronto streets in the wake of multiple arrests of several people at a downtown demonstration last Saturday.

Police have said that, during Saturday’s protest, they seized a truck to lay a charge of stunt driving, and that protesters then “became aggressive and assaultive” toward officers. They said one woman threw horse manure at officers while another “intentionally used a flagpole to ‘spear’ at an officer.” Organizers of the rally later accused the officers of using excessive force.