Comments on: Brutality

By: Christelle

Christelle — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:58:02 +0000

You have quite a few nice pics, right in the action once again! :)

By: le paria libre

le paria libre — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:39:04 +0000

@ François: bad time.... or good time if you like action !

p.s. peace

By: François Coupal

François Coupal — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:54:09 +0000

I honestly can't see how else you can stop a mob without bruising a few people and intimidation. Of course, the politically correct answer would be not to let the manifestation turn into a mob, but once you get one, what do you do?

Overall, it was a bad time to be strolling in downtown...

By: Michael J.

Michael J. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:08:19 +0000

I'm curious, what did they charge you with and are you going to challenge it?

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:11 +0000

I didn't see any throwing rocks.

By: David Pinto

David Pinto — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:41:44 +0000

Given that black people are, arguably, the main victims of real police brutality, I wonder how many black people were at the demo.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:01:04 +0000

I was trapped in the "human net" on Ste-Catherine and Bleury and it wasn't fun. We had to stand around there for hours then, after being handcuffed with those plastic ties, enjoyed a few more hours on STM buses then a few more hours corralled in the basement of the Municipal Court. When I was arrested, I was on my way to leave the protest as were others! I was talking to one lady who was also stuck with us who had no idea there was a protest going on and was just shopping for shoes! She was treated the same as the rest of us and also received a $144 ticket.

By: le paria libre

le paria libre — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:15:59 +0000

nice pics :)

wish I was there but couldn't !

By: jennyb

jennyb — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:13:43 +0000

I was there (not caught, thanks very much) not a pretty sight.
The officers had set up a "human net" of sorts, which basically herded anyone to where they could arrest them.
The fact that they arrested (La Presse journalist) Michele Ouimet, who neither looked nor acted like she belonged in the protest - she had her notepad in hand at the time of the tackle/arrest- shows just how out of control the police were at the time. Unless she was wearing camouflage pants... no wait. the officers were wearing that too.

By: Jean Naimard

Jean Naimard — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:20:20 +0000

My brother was there, and said that at one point, the police was randomly arresting bystanders. He only escaped arrest because he was dressed in his waiter uniform and ducked into the backdoor (well, sidedoor) of a restaurant (one he didn’t work in).

Today, the fuzz are **NOT** gloating that nobody was hurt by them…