Undercover Cops / Agents Provocateurs try to Incite Violence in Montebello
“OTTAWA — Organizers of a peaceful protest at this week’s Montebello summit want answers from the Prime Minister about three demonstrators whom they say were police agents.
Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union, says the three were trying to provoke violence.
A video of a confrontation with the three, posted on YouTube, shows one of the men holding a rock in his hand.
The men, who had their faces masked by bandannas, eventually got through police lines where they were whisked away.
But there is no record of their arrests and police have refused to comment on the matter.
Video and photos of the men show them wearing boots with the same marking as police boots.”
“Activists say they believe the three were planted in the crowd to provoke a confrontation to give police justification for moving on the peaceful protesters.
Mr. Coles wants the Prime Minister’s Office and the office of Quebec Premier Jean Charest to say whether they had any knowledge of the protest infiltrators.”
This is how this event was covered on CTV’s national newscast:
Photo of one of the ‘protesters’ on flickr:
Photo by Kate.
Update: thanks for the link Boing Boing.
Update: the police admit they went undercover but claim it wasn’t to cause trouble. Why was the cop holding a rock then?
“Quebec provincial police admitted Thursday that their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators during the protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que.”
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Hi, sorta noticed that you’re using some of my photos without permission or attributation. I know its the web – but I would still like to be ‘acknowledged’ and have the copy write protections that I have put on the flickr site respected.
Thanks
There is a link to your photo. I guess thats not attribution enough.
I’ll add another link or take the damn thing off if you want.
Sorry for the sarcasm and being rude. I’m just in a really bad mood today.
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I meant no disrespect, I appreciate you linking my photos. In fact its flattering that you did. But there are some people who are not attributing and they are linking my photos from your site. (Its really craptastic to see that). I know its the internet, but you know how it is.
Anyhow, thats the short answer.
Keep up the great work!
Kate
Well now we know our worst fears were true.
The 3 men were provocateurs hired by our own government.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/08/23/police-montebello.html?ref=rss
Am i still in Canada?
Or have i been teleported to the Old Nazi Germany?
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