33rd night of demos winds down peacefully
The 33rd night of consecutive demonstrations has wound down peacefully. According to tweets, two people were arrested for attacking police horses, and a motorist is going to be charged with “armed aggression” against a demonstrator, the details of which haven’t yet been made clear. Timeline of the essentially incidentless evening.
alanah 08:31 on 2012/05/27 Permalink
It’s not the first time that the manif was immediately declared illegal, but then police issued a statement that it would be tolerated so long as no criminal acts took place. Credit where credit is due, the way mtl police seem to be doing their part to undermine bill 78…
Robert J 11:44 on 2012/05/27 Permalink
Yeah I think a lot of cops are wary of applying this law. They probably don’t want to get any more wound up in the legal consequences than we do.
Ian 13:17 on 2012/05/27 Permalink
on their Twitter feed the SPVM specifically said they wouldn’t be applying bill 78 until it’s clarified. Also, they said the “armed” part means the car being used as a weapon.