@robinedgar59.bsky.socialI saw that, but I'm speaking specifically of a joint statement by photographers-videographers & #journalists who have actually been subjected to #PoliceBrutality by #SPVM cops while documenting protests.
I've been assaulted twice since March 15th, 2025.
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@robinedgar59.bsky.socialHow am I a "weirdo" for #BlowingTheWhistle on #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting photographers-videographers & journalists?
To say nothing of innocent peaceful protesters. . .
I don't have time to add alt-text to every photo I share here, especially when I often share 4 photos per post.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialI've been #MakingSomeNoise about #SPVM cops targeting photographers & #journalists for #PepperSpray, assaults & other #PoliceBrutality since the #PublicQuestionsPeriod of the March 2025 #Montreal city council meeting.
#ProjetMontréal refused to do anything to prevent it.
@robinedgar59.bsky.social@robinedgar59.bsky.social"an officer pushed him to the ground. But not before addressing him by name, Wilson says, adding the two had interacted in the past.
"He indicated to me that he was about to whack me with his baton and I flinched. And at that point he kind of chuckled and said, 'Will, you're learning.'"
@robinedgar59.bsky.social"Ce dossier fait l’objet d’un suivi et a été transmis à la Division des normes professionnelles (DNP) pour analyse."
Qui aurait su que le SPVM a une "Division des normes professionnelles"?
#NormesProfessionnelles #SPVM #MonSPVM #MySPVM #BrutalitéPolicière #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL #PolQC #QCpoli
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialLa Ligue des droits et libertés, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association & others warned Montréal politicians about the risks of abuse stemming from the bylaw prohibiting "insulting" Montreal city employees.
#CharterRights #FreeSpeech #MySPVM #SPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL
@robinedgar59.bsky.social@robinedgar59.bsky.social@robinedgar59.bsky.socialThis is just the most recent SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting #photographers, videographers, & #journalists documenting #protests.
SPVM #RiotCops have been assaulting William Wilson & other #Montreal photographers-videographers for about 2 years now.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialThere's a #Montréal city council meeting tonight. You & other people who were subjected to #SPVM #PoliceBrutality last Wednesday (while the SPVM was presenting its annual report for 2025 to the #PublicSecurityCommission) should ask questions during tonight's #PublicQuestionsPeriod.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialDuring their 8 years in power, did you ever see former #Montréal mayor Valérie Plante, or #ProjetMontréal as a political party, tell the #SPVM to "stand down" or use other tactics to de-escalate?
Or did they rather typically do nothing?
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialMayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada & her Ensemble Montréal administration have done more to address UNprofessional & #abusive behaviour by problematic #SPVM cops in its first 10 months than #ProjetMontréal did in its 8 years in power.
Let's see how things look in 2027.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialQuite ironically, that most recent SPVM #PoliceRepression of a protest, & #PoliceBrutality towards not only #protesters, but #journalists documenting a #protest, occurred while the #SPVM was belatedly presenting its annual report for 2025.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialQuite ironically, that most recent SPVM #PoliceRepression of a #protest, & #PoliceBrutality towards not only #protesters, but #journalists documenting a #protest, occurred while the #SPVM was belatedly presenting its annual report for 2025.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialMost ironically, this most recent SPVM #PoliceRepression of peaceful public protest & #PoliceBrutality towards not only #protesters, but #journalists documenting a protest, occurred while the #SPVM was presenting its annual report for 2025.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialI'm not a professional #journalist, but I am something of a "police watchdog".
I noticed an increase in #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting photographers & videographers, including William Wilson, in the fall of 2024.
Since then, I've been assaulted by SPVM #RiotCops twice.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialICYMI there was just as much #SPVM #PoliceRepression of peaceful public protests, & #PoliceBrutality towards not only #protesters, but #journalists documenting protests, during the 8 years "l'homme de la shituation" aka #ValériePlante & #ProjetMontréal were in power.