On March 15, over 200 Montrealers took to the streets of downtown Montreal for the annual police brutality protest.
The protest began at Lafontaine Park and continued to the Gay Village where the windows of at least one business were vandalized and projectiles were thrown.
Police responded to the crowd using pepper spray and tear gas.
Downtown (Ste-Catherine/Beaudry) warning given to the #COBP #manifencours: Due to offences committed, we ordered the protesters to disperse and leave the premises immediately. A dispersion police intervention is imminent.
^CC— Police Montréal (@SPVM) March 16, 2018
“Due to offenses committed, we order demonstrators to disperse and leave immediately. Police intervention is imminent,” SPVM said on Twitter yesterday evening.
#COBP #Manifencours –
Preliminary report: several mischiefs, 3 arrests (armed attack, assault), 3 tickets and 3 officers were injured slightly. A citizen sustained an injury to the head when he received a projectile thrown by a demonstrator. He was taken to the hospital.
^CC— Police Montréal (@SPVM) March 16, 2018
According to Montreal police, three people were arrested for assault, three tickets were handed out, one protester was taken to hospital after being hit in the head with a projectile, and three police officers suffered minor injuries.