Two arrested in police brutality protest
News of Friday’s police brutality march was muted compared to reports about the much larger climate strike march, although CTV says two people were arrested in the annual clash between protesters and police and TVA noted some vandalism.
But in turn, news of the international climate protest was largely drowned out by the horrible news from New Zealand.
Saturday, local reaction to the Christchurch shooting was reported, as well as greater police surveillance around the city’s mosques.
Steve Q 09:07 on 2019-03-16 Permalink
It is time to ban the police brutality march. All these people want to do is destroy and create chaos. They passed in front of where I was working on Sherbrooke and you could easily see their clear intention and they were seeking for something to break. I dont know why we tolerate something like that. Its a shame !
Kate 09:30 on 2019-03-16 Permalink
The minor damage to property caused once a year by the police brutality march is a small price to pay to maintain freedom of speech and freedom to gather to express an opinion.
Hamza 11:05 on 2019-03-16 Permalink
For all intents and purposes the march is already banned, as are any other demonstrations that don’t seek prior approval from the police
As if the entire point of this sort of demonstration isn’t to disobey the authorities.
Ian 18:30 on 2019-03-16 Permalink
“I dont know why we tolerate something like that. Its a shame !” Uh, because police brutality, which we should absolutely not tolerate as a society, is still a problem – to the extent that the anti police brutality marches are targeted by the police. If the cops left it alone all the tough guys would stay away, but they are itching for a fight because they know they will get one.
Steve Q 23:02 on 2019-03-16 Permalink
If they want to fight the police brutality they dont need to destroy the property of other citizens and they dont need to disrupt the quiet life of the people. They are not alone in this city. Other people have the right to walk peacefully on Sherbrooke street on any friday night without the fear of being caught up in a violent crash. A grand mother, a mother and her two small children decided to not take a walk on that friday night because these thugs decided to take the street as if it belonged to them. Other people had their car damaged because these trouble makers dont have any respect for anything. These bums are just looking for trouble and their main goal is to provoked the cops and be brutalised by them in front of a camera so that they can cash in an eventual law suit. Kudos to the cops for resisting the provocation of these professional provocators.
Kate 09:44 on 2019-03-17 Permalink
What do you want them to do, Steve Q? Write a letter to the editor?