There are police officers, at least one loader truck and a garbage truck at the encampment site on Monday.
Montreal police are carrying out an operation to dismantle sections of a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street East near the city's downtown core.Police officers, at least one loader truck and a garbage truck, were at the encampment site on Monday. Montreal police are carrying out an operation to dismantle sections of a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street East near the city's downtown core.
At around 7:40 a.m., she said there were about 50 police officers on site forming a perimeter around the camp. There was at least one loader truck and a garbage truck. Later during the interview, she said she saw officers holding their batons and described their approach as violent. "The campers, they all know each other and they help each other out. These are extremely organized people that are able to put themselves into a situation where they have the resources in this encampment that they need to survive."
But he also doesn't like seeing heavy machinery being brought in to dismantle the living space of vulnerable people.
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