@robinedgar59.bsky.social"Urgences-Santé advanced care paramedics and operations chiefs went to the scene, in addition to Montreal fire department (SIM), Montreal police (SPVM) and STM crews."
I saw 2 firetrucks, an ambulance, 3 #SPVM police cars, & multiple STM cars & emergency response vehicles outside Lionel-Groulx.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialN'oublie pas la "frange radicalisée" parmi l'anti-émeute du #SPVM. . . Des #abuseurs fervents du #PepperSpray, la matraque, le bouclier, et de la commotion cérébrale contre les photographes-vidéastes et #journalistes qui document les manifs. . .
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialNot to mention the #BogusCriminalCharges incompetent &or #CorruptCops sometimes arrest people on in the first place. . .
Montreal's #SPVM #PoliceFarce regularly brings trumped up #CriminalCharges against #activists to place them under #CourtConditions that repress their #activism.
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@robinedgar59.bsky.socialBack in 2013, an #authoritarian #SPVM cop who was threatening me with "une belle amende" in an effort to suppress my #protesting got upset that I was addressing her & her partner with "tu" instead of "vous".
She said, "C'est la police. Vous ne tutoyez pas la police." 🤣😇
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialI got into exactly the same "debate" with two #SPVM police officers in 2013.
They were trying to dissuade me from #protesting by threatening me with a ticket.
They accused me of obstructing passage on the sidewalk.
I told them they were more guilty of doing that than I was. 🤣😇
@robinedgar59.bsky.social“We believe this bylaw stifles freedom of expression and risks creating further tension and repression,” lawyer Béatrice Allard of l’Association des juristes progressistes said in a statement.
Some #authoritarian #SPVM cops will abusively misuse this #bylaw to punish people for disobeying them. . .
@robinedgar59.bsky.social"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.
@robinedgar59.bsky.social"certains agents ayant dénoncé des fautes professionnelles présumées commises par leurs collègues – reflète la façon dont la #police constatait l’apparition de fissures dans l' #OmertaPolicière, dans le cadre d’un changement culturel qui a conduit certains agents à se sentir isolés."
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialThis kind of shield slamming?
#SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceStupidity
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialBelieve it or not. . . an uptight #SPVM cop who was trying to intimidate me into ending a peaceful public protest against #ClergyAbuse with threats of a hefty fine admonished me for addressing her with the familiar "tu" instead of the more formal & respectful "vous" in 2013. 🤣
@robinedgar59.bsky.social"Legally speaking, I think the first people who are going to get caught up in this law are going to be homeless people, those experiencing psychosis or in precarious situations."
Geneviève Grey
Not to mention #protesters & people documenting #protests. . .
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialI 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
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialFYI I have asked multiple questions about #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting #photographers & #journalists documenting #protests during the #PublicQuestionsPeriod of #Montreal city council meetings since March 2025.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialNot only does the #SPVM have a long history of tolerating the #PoliceMisconduct of its officers, but so do many #Montreal politicians. . .
#ValPlante & #ProjetMontreal did nothing to prevent #PoliceBrutality against #journalists.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialDepuis mars 2025, j'ai posé de nombreuses questions concernant la #BrutalitéPolicière des #policiers du #SPVM visant les #photographes & les #journalistes lors de la période de questions du public aux séances du conseil municipal de #Montréal.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialFor the "broken record". . .
I have asked multiple questions about #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting #photographers & #journalists documenting #protests during the #PublicQuestionsPeriod of #Montreal city council meetings since March 2025.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialFor the "broken record". . .
I have asked multiple questions about #SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting #photographers & #journalists documenting #protests during the #PublicQuestionsPeriod of #Montreal city council meetings since March 2025.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialWilson 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.
@robinedgar59.bsky.socialI 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.