Happening Now: Livestream of Demonstration in Montreal - GASED and Lots of Riot Police

Gas now.

#manifencours for lots of on the street accounts

Helicopters in the air.

And demonstrators currently regrouping.

5 star....

"People are being arrested for throwing snowballs or for doing nothing. Its very aggressive"
-The reporter on the ground
[link to www.livestream.com]

Tomorrow there is another big demo scheduled. There is a lot of energy out there tonight. Tomorrow's is likely to be a lot larger.

Reporter just pepper-sprayed.

Go Canada!

right on OPPT-in

Was it a fucking pig that peppered her ?????

time to break out the live ammo ...

Police pepper spray peaceful protestors and reporters here (and elsewhere) all the time.


Im sure there will be lots of youtube videos of today's pepper spraying online soon.


The livestream seems to be down, and am trying to find another stream, but twitter feeds (#manifencours) paint a good picture for now.

It's bused and gassed, not gased and bussed.

what are they pissed about?
or is this just a generic freak out?

Legislation that will rise the costs and reduce the access to quality education and universities.

Last Edited by insertfunnyusername on 02/25/2013 07:00 PM

Waaaaah!!



Give me free stuff...

The demonstrations here are a continuation of the Quebec Student Movt and the "Maple Spring"/"Printemps Erable". It has a lot of momentum, has had political impacts, and has multiple dimensions.

This demonstration in particular was organized to protest outside a summit meeting and here is a summary of the background and goals stated by some of the organizers:

"6 months ago, we stopped the tuition hike.

Now, we must defend what was won during the strike. The status quo is being threatened by the indexation of tuition fees, a perpetual tuition hike that would affirm the vision of post-secondary education as a marketable product in our society.

We need longer-term thinking. Our vision of education is one of an education that is accessible to all..

.. The Summit is not the place to have the debates that we want. Instead, it is smothering a true reflection on the fundamental role of university."

[link to www.facebook.com]

The people here have taken direct action to a new level. And it has been fueled further by the aggressive response by the SPVM (The Mtl police) and other legal forces. Lots of videos on youtube of the plight.

Seems 2 arrested so far. 100 still marching.

Regardless of what else unfolds tonight, the tensions will be very high tomorrow.

A good feed of the events, and reporting that the protest has dispersed.

[link to www.rightnow.io]

And the Mtl Police give live twitter updates too

Police Montréal ‏@SPVM
Intervention terminée à la #manifencours : 2 arrestations pour agression armée. #GGI #Sommet2013

Translation: Intervention at the manifestation: Two arrests for armed aggression.
(The weapons: snowballs)

Thx 4 sharing OP. I wish there were no injureds. Paace

It's a full moon tonight.

That it is.

Incredible shot by @NicolasQuiazua Une jambette en passant. #manifencours #sommet2013 pic.twitter.com/abEHhxUyR3
[link to pbs.twimg.com (secure)]

Updates:

Another protest is about to begin (at 2pm EST). I'm headed down there soon so won't be updating today, but if you are interested please tune in to the livestream (which should begin around 2pm)
[link to www.livestream.com]

For a clip of the reporter that was pepper-sprayed yesterday:
[link to www.livestream.com]
(aggression begins around 18mins in, flash-bomb at 21:20, and the reporter gets pepper-sprayed about ~30min in)

And for clips of another reporter being pushed forcefully:
An article and video in french:
[link to www.lapresse.ca]
And an english translated version of the violence at the end of the above video here:


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And a few other first hand accounts of yesterday's demo.

Another good livestream - broadcasting now (and more english than cutv).
[link to www.99media.org]

Also follow #manifencours (and #sommet2013) for twitter updates, or @spvm for reports of manifestation location and arrests.

Large crowd has already gathered. March to begin at 2:45-3pm.

you know they've only dispersed liberal crowds in america. never a conservative crowd. know why? we outgun the police. we outgun swat. we outgun the national guard. we outgun the military. mad libtards?

6 months ago I was protesting in the streets to stop that 75% hike in tuition fees + that stupid bill 78. We won after more then 100 days of demonstration. Day and night.

Liberal governement was then replaced by the Parti Quebecois (one of Quebec's separatist party). Now the PQ said the indexation would be a better choice. Instead of 75%, it's only 3% which I think isn't too bad. But the students are now protesting to gain Free Education. I like the idea, but I'm not too sure what to think about it...

Hope it won't degenerate. Remeber Montreal Police state 2012? Thread: MONTREAL POLICE STATE 2012 (With video) Must Watch!!!

NEWS:

[link to www.cbc.ca]

Possibility of a second "Maple Spring" ?


[link to news.ca.msn.com]

printemps erable 2! ostie de colisse de tabarnak!

it worked once why not try again!

manifesting is almost as popular as hockey in montreal