Metropolis suspect in court Thursday
The only suspect in the shootings at the Metropolis is to appear in court Thursday morning to be accused of murder. There are also a few more background pieces including a CTV piece confirming a comment made earlier here that the shooter’s gun jammed, which may have limited the carnage. Both the SQ and the SPVM are investigating the incident.
La Presse talked to several high-profile anglos about their response to the shooter’s cry that “les anglais se réveillent!”
dcmontreal 09:40 on 2012/09/06 Permalink
I don’t think this madman represents Anglophones any more than I think the bigots in the now-viral YouTube regarding the berating of English-speakers downtown represent Francophones. Isolated incidents albeit one more tragic than the other.
http://dcmontreal.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/quebec-election-afterthoughts/
Kate 10:03 on 2012/09/06 Permalink
No, neither do I.
Blork 11:37 on 2012/09/06 Permalink
Crazy people rarely “represent” anyone but themselves.
That said, it cannot be denied that there is frustration and anger among *some* people on both sides of the fence (as well as those who sit astride the fence). And some of that frustration and anger is felt by people who are a little bit crazy for completely other reasons.
I’m really glad that most people have stayed calm about this, as it’s the stirring up of irrationality that tends to feed the crazies and make them run out and do crazy things.
Panic and hyperbole feeds craziness. I saw one guy on Twitter say “this is terrorism!” on Tuesday night. Sheesh! Thank goodness that kind of overreaction has not overtaken us.
Kate 08:14 on 2012/09/07 Permalink
Blork, that may be true. I also saw, however, a comment somewhere that when four young folks were arrested for putting smoke bombs in the metro it was labelled terrorism, but when an anglo guy went off the rails and killed and wounded people with a gun, it was just a random loony.
willie granger 08:20 on 2012/09/07 Permalink
The difference between the smoke bomb attacks and this is that the smoke bomb attacks involved a concentrated, ongoing strategy and several people working together within a group. This one is quite different, but I’d certainly consider it an assassination attempt.
Blork 08:41 on 2012/09/07 Permalink
I agree with willie granger about the difference between a “concentrated, ongoing strategy” being worked on by a group for specific political ends and a lone gunner on a personal mission. That said, I don’t even think the smoke bomb attacks qualify as “terrorism.” While it might have been terrifying at the moment, and to the people caught up in it, there were no widespread lingering effects. Real “terrorism” is designed to instill a deep, long-standing fear at a societal level.