

«Comprenons-nous, nous ne sommes pas pour l’établissement d’un État policier, nous savons qu’il faut travailler avec la population et créer des liens. Mais il y a des groupes pour ça. Notre boulot, à la police, c’est la répression. Nous n’avons pas besoin d’un agent sociocommunautaire comme directeur, mais d’un général. Après tout, la police est un organisme paramilitaire, ne l’oublions pas.» — Yves Francoeur, Président de la Fraternité de Policiers.

“You must understand us, we are not for the establishment of a police State, we know we must work with the population and create links. But there are groups doing this. Our job, as police officers, is repression. We do not need a social worker as a director, we need a general. After all, the police is a paramilitary organization, let’s not forget it.” — The President of the Police Fraternity of Quebec, Yves Francoeur.



It’s very unfortunate that I could not “attend,” seeing how Montreal has a healthy riot scene. This past Sunday, 15 March, 2009, saw a large clash between protesters against police brutality, and the police who came out to demonstrate police brutality. For more, from a mainstream and rather conservative perspective, see:

From The Gazette’s Photo Gallery:

Videos

(I love this one: Benjamin Franklin uses the actual events as a backdrop for some bilingual rapping — staging reality)

Montreal Protest Against Police Brutality, 15 March 2009, part 1 of 3





Montreal Protest Against Police Brutality, 15 March 2009, part 2 of 3





Montreal Protest Against Police Brutality, 15 March 2009, part 3 of 3





(Thanks to Homeless Nation, Anarkhia, Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière, canoe.ca)

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