This is absolutely awful! A bunch of people harmed by police for being at an event near a protest. Guilty by association I guess.
In case anyone missed it from the article
“The march, organized by P!nk Bloc Montréal and several other 2SLGBTQ+ community groups, was intended as a protest in opposition to what organizers said was the corporatization of traditional pride and a loss of its roots. P!nk Bloc did not respond to CBC’s request for an interview.”
Also:
“Actually, we ended up being hurt by the police,” he said. “I don’t know how dangerous the march was, but [the protesters] were definitely not the ones that were attacking us.”
It really feels like the SPVM have a blank check to abuse LGBT+ anti-capitalist protestors. They broke up an entire march with tear gas and chased down the protestors with cars and bikes in March, all because a cop got some paint on his uniform. And that was after they went through the crowd trying to provoke responses before the march started. That was a pro-trans rights, anti-capitalist protest. This feels like more of the same.
This is absolutely awful! A bunch of people harmed by police for being at an event near a protest. Guilty by association I guess.
In case anyone missed it from the article “The march, organized by P!nk Bloc Montréal and several other 2SLGBTQ+ community groups, was intended as a protest in opposition to what organizers said was the corporatization of traditional pride and a loss of its roots. P!nk Bloc did not respond to CBC’s request for an interview.”
Also: “Actually, we ended up being hurt by the police,” he said. “I don’t know how dangerous the march was, but [the protesters] were definitely not the ones that were attacking us.”
It really feels like the SPVM have a blank check to abuse LGBT+ anti-capitalist protestors. They broke up an entire march with tear gas and chased down the protestors with cars and bikes in March, all because a cop got some paint on his uniform. And that was after they went through the crowd trying to provoke responses before the march started. That was a pro-trans rights, anti-capitalist protest. This feels like more of the same.