Protesters Arrested in Quebec Solidarity March

Link to article

“'While he was restrained, a police officer came over and gave him two very hard kicks with his boot downward on the side of the guy’s head, on his left temple,' said Shlomo Roth, 34, of Park Slope, Brooklyn, who said he saw the blows. 'The cop immediately hid his badge and turned away.'

Mr. Roth said that he and others repeatedly asked for the officer’s identity. Other officers, he said, refused to respond and the officer who they were asking about was driven off in a van."

I would only expect economic sanctions from the UN and a humanitarian no fly zone (read: bombing) from NATO after this gross physical abuse of peaceful protesters.  After all, that's what happened to Libya and what might very well happen to Syria still.

Thousands Turn Out to Montreal Protest in Defiance of Crackdown Law

Link to article

From the comments section: "The way Quebec is reacting to these issues is the way the rest of Canada should be, it's how democracy should be... it's all we have. Our country is changing right before our eyes and if you don't voice your opinion then you're just letting it happen..."

When the Montreal activists were asked to send a map of their protest route to the police, this is what they sent:

Raw: 10,000 Montreal Students Defy Anti-Protest Law Bill 78

What happens when the Canadian government passes a bill limiting protests?  Thousands of students defy it.

Way to go, Montreal!



Related CBC article