"PSPP told reporters yesterday that extending Montreal’s ban on insulting cops is a “starting point” for establishing new rules around #civility in the province."

#SPVM #RiotCops who brutalize photographers & #journalists etc. deserve some #incivility.

#MySPVM #PolMTL #PolQC

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I must confess to having insulted a couple of #SPVM #RiotCops who assaulted me while I was documenting this year's #MayDay Workers' Rights protest by #namecalling them "assholes".

#PoliceBrutality #PoliceStupidity #ManifEnCours #MySPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL

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Wilson says he was following police directives as they tried to disperse the crowd, but was still pepper-sprayed in the face "point blank for absolutely no reason."

William was probably #PepperSprayed at #PointBlankRange in the face because #SPVM #RiotCops don't like his #photojournalism.

#MySPVM

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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"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'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

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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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

I have already asked #Montreal politicians multiple questions about SPVM #RiotCops assaulting William Wilson & other photographers-videographers & #journalists etc., starting in March 2025, but more people need to put pressure on #politicians to denounce & end #SPVM #PoliceBrutality.

#PolMTL #CMMTL

This 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.

#SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL

I'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.

#MySPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL

This video from this year's #MayDay Workers' Rights demonstration shows #SPVM riot cops firing a #TearGas grenade at #protesters, then charging at them.

Two of the #RiotCops then assault the person filming that #police "intervention".

#MySPVM #PoliceBrutality #PolMTL #CMMTL

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