A peaceful evening march that began with people banging pots and pans
in support of protesting students ended in the early morning hours with
police kettling demonstrators and arresting 400 of them after officers
were pelted with projectiles.
Montreal wasn’t the only city to
have roundups Wednesday night. There were also mass arrests at student
protests in Quebec City and Sherbrooke.
Kettling is a police tactic widely used in Europe where riot cops
surround demonstrators and limit or cut off their exits. It has been
widely criticized because it often results in the scooping up of
innocent bystanders as well as rowdies. A recent report by Ontario’s
police watchdog blasted Toronto police for their use of kettling during
the G20 summit two years ago, saying they violated civil rights,
detained people illegally and used excessive force.
The Montreal
demonstration was the 30th since the student protest against tuition fee
increases began more than three months ago.
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