Lynwald Cox Being Arrested by Police : photo taken on someone’s cell phone It would seem that Montreal police have been harassing and brutalizing Black people in Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood more than they usually do, and now city politicians are moving to defuse the situation… note the pig in this article …
This could be heavy. Looks like the FBI and Philadelphia police may have been exposed setting up anti-fascists. Rumours of a klan rally, the only fascists who show up having ties to the cops, criminal repression of the anti-fascists… if it seems bewildering, don’t worry you’ll get used to it… …
Youths Attack Patrol Car by Jean-Guy Gougeon Protest against the chief’s decision to call on the Quebec Provincial Police to temporarily replace the Innu police, fifteen youths destroyed a QPP patrol car in the Ekuanitshit (Mingan) community Sunday morning. Six of them appeared in court on Tuesday. Around 5:30am …
A woman was beaten at Berri-Uqam metro station on Monday – the first day that police were “making the metro safe” – right in front of two metro security guards, neither of whom lifted a finger to help her. Nor did anybody from her community – you know, the people …
BECAUSE the Societe de Transport de Montreal already reflects the realities of an unjust society. Whereas a disproportionate number of STM users are people of colour, and an absolute majority are women, over 80% of those employed by the STM are male and over 90% are white. (Source: STM 2005 …
Over the years i have seen quite a bit of violence against youth, and most specifically against Black youth, dished out by the security guards who patrol the Montreal metro system. It generally starts with someone being boisterous – once, for instance, a young Black guy happily shouted “Jah live!” …
The following from the Justice For Anas Coalition in Montreal: On December 1st, 2005 — more than one year ago — police officer Bernier from Station 25 shot and killed Mohamed Anas Bennis, a 25-year old Canadian of Moroccan heritage. Anas was killed outside a neighborhood mosque at the corner …
Last week the Montreal police issued a sanguine press release announcing that they had shot a man in NDG. Seeing as it received only brief mention in some of the francophone press, it’s worth mentioning here. According to the police at 4:35pm cops from the drug squad went to arrest …
A Montreal Municipal Court judge released protester Jaggi Singh on $1,000 bail yesterday, saying the hefty bond could discourage his activism. Singh had been in detention since Thursday, when he was arrested at an evening march to mark International Women’s Day. Police contend Singh violated a bail condition not to …
In a photo provided by Afzal Badin, he displays some of the injuries inflicted by Toronto police officers This is a story of racism and police abuse, horrible in its own right. While what happened to Afzal Badin and his family shouldn’t happen to anyone, all indications are that it …