226 arrested in anti-police brutality protest in Montreal

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/226-arrested-in-anti-police-brutality-protest-in-montreal/article4095908/?service=mobile

Montreal police are saying more than 200 people were arrested during last night's raucous protest against police brutality.

Chief Marc Parent says 36 people were nabbed in isolated arrests, while 190 were detained in a mass arrest at a street corner near the downtown core.

Four people are still in detention this morning.

(Links to pics and video at the URL; haven't checked them)

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Montreal Protests: Police Accused Of Political Profiling, Targeting Red Square Wearers

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/11/montreal-police-profiling-red-squares_n_1586584.html

MONTREAL - Montreal police are being accused of political profiling — of searching and detaining people wearing the red square, the symbol of Quebec's protest movement.

A Quebec student group is calling for an independent inquiry into police actions over last weekend's Formula One Grand Prix while also gathering details from recent weeks for a potential lawsuit.

The group, the more hardline CLASSE student association, is now gathering testimony from people who say their civil rights were violated last weekend.

(More at the link.)

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Both stories via Copwatch World News