MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault is putting pressure on the Montreal police to arrest everyone involved in an anti-NATO protest that turned violent last week.
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault is putting pressure on the Montreal police to arrest everyone involved in an anti-NATO protest that turned violent last week.
Asked if he has confidence in the Montreal police, Legault said he's expecting far more than the three arrests announced to date."So until proven otherwise, we have confidence in the , but I expect there to be action in the coming days," he said. Protest organizers bear limited responsibility for the violence that unfolded during the demonstration, he said, adding that it’s a major challenge to prevent people bent on violence from infiltrating protests.
In an anonymous statement posted online, a group calling itself the “Black Bloc” has claimed responsibility for the violence, which it says was part of its fight against capitalism. “There is no more time to stay calm and ask nicely,” the statement reads. “Resistance is legitimate, the state and the police can no longer have a monopoly on violence — especially if it is the only language they will hear.
“What I felt … was an enormous anger from people who have been mobilizing for over a year,” he said during an interview Monday. “What do you do … when all the peaceful ways of protesting have been tested, used, and you’re not heard?” Scheier says he was filming the Sunday protest when police asked him and his family to leave. “The only thing I am guilty of is shopping in downtown Montreal … while wearing a kippah,” he wrote on Facebook, referring to the brimless cap worn by Jewish men.
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