I wanted to ask questions about #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting #photographers & #journalists etc. after the presentation of its annual report for 2025, but because questions were limited to the content of the report I asked a question about #accountability.

#MySPVM
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It's not really "shocking" (as in "surprising") in that #abusive #SPVM #RiotCops have been targeting William Wilson & other photographers &or videographers for various forms of #PoliceBrutality for at least 2 years now.

It's to be expected from #MySPVM.

#PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL
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The #SPVM has been pepper spraying, beating, & otherwise brutalizing & intimidating photographers & videographers documenting #protests for over a decade.

The attack on William Wilson is not new, nor an "isolated incident".

#MySPVM #RiotCops #PoliceBrutality #PolMTL #CMMTL

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I must confess to having "insulted" a couple of belligerent #SPVM #RiotCops who assaulted me while I was documenting the #MayDay Workers' Rights protest on video.

To think #Montréal citizens can be fined for calling #abusive cops "assholes".

#MySPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL

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Les deux journalistes entendent porter plainte contre le SPVM et « emprunter toutes les voies juridiques qui s’offrent à [eux] », confirme William Wilson. Il note aussi qu’un détective de la Division des #normesprofessionnelles du #SPVM l’a contacté au sujet de l’enquête menée par le corps policier.

"Of course no one deserves to be berated on the job, but that concern is a red herring disguising blatant overreach."

Actually, the jackass #SPVM #RiotCops who assault photographers & videographers documenting protests deserve to be berated on the job.

#MySPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL
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I 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.

#MySPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL

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I'm sorry to learn that you were roughed up by #SPVM #RiotCops too.

I think every photographer-videographer or journalist who has been assaulted, or otherwise brutalized, by SPVM cops while documenting protests should sign a joint statement condemning that #PoliceBrutality & #PoliceIntimidation.

As a rule, I refrain from calling cops "pigs", and consider ACAB to be an acronym for All Cats Are Beautiful, but that photo by Hugo Genest capturing #SPVM #RiotCops surrounding William Wilson quite appropriately has "Cochon Dingue" in the background. 🤣

#MySPVM #MonSPVM #PoliceBrutality #CrazyCops

How 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.

#MySPVM

I have asked multiple questions about #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting photographers-videographers & #journalists documenting #protests during the #PublicQuestionsPeriod of #Montreal city council meetings since the March 2025 meeting.

#ProjetMontréal refused to condemn it or prevent it.

#PolMTL

I'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.

#MySPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL

In 2013 an upright #SPVM police officer who was trying to dissuade me from exercising my "Charter guaranteed" right to engage in #PeacefulPublicProtest was offended that I addressed her & her partner with "tu" instead of the more formal "vous".

I expect she would have ticketed me if she could have.

On May 1st 2026, at least two #SPVM #RiotCops couldn’t be professionals, so they not only didn’t deserve my respect, they deserved being called assholes for gratuitously assaulting me while I was documenting the #MayDay Workers' Rights protest.

#MySPVM #PoliceBrutality #PolMTL

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« On arrivait au coin De Bleury et Sainte-Catherine, un des agents a fait un pas en avant pour faire mine de me frapper avec sa matraque, et j’ai eu un mouvement de recul. Il m’a dit : “Will, tu apprends.” Il a clairement indiqué qu’il connaît mon travail. »

#BrutalitéPolicière #SPVM #MonSPVM

Press groups are calling for an investigation after Montreal police allegedly beat a freelance journalist while he was covering an anti-AI protest in the city's downtown last week.

#qcpoli #cdnpoli #AI #policeViolence #SPVM

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«Deux agents m’ont frappé alors que j’étais étendu sur le trottoir», a raconté le photographe William Wilson. #SPVM

"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

I've asked multiple questions about #SPVM #RiotCops targeting William Wilson & other photographers-videographers & journalists (including myself) for various forms of violence since the March 2025 #PublicQuestionsPeriod.

ALL #Montréal #politicians are aware of this #PoliceBrutality.

#PolMTL #CMMTL