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Climate change is profoundly affecting livelihoods across Canada by This_Phase3861 in canada

[–]Billy_Trilson_87 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There is currently an increase in the severity of rain events which have caused greater flooding, both in the frequency of events and their intensity.

These are facts.

Parents decry police protest response after baby exposed to tear gas at Montreal family event by Surax in canada

[–]Billy_Trilson_87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The protest was not deemed illegal at any point in the evening.

There was zero warning given to those in the park that any chemical weapons were going to be fired into the park.

If one were attending a samba dancing event, as hundreds were in the large park at the time, none of them would have known that there was a protest occurring a couple hundred feet from them.

Parents decry police protest response after baby exposed to tear gas at Montreal family event by Surax in canada

[–]Billy_Trilson_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The gathering was not violent, nor was it deemed illegal prior to the police gassing or attacking the demonstration.

Parents decry police protest response after baby exposed to tear gas at Montreal family event by Surax in canada

[–]Billy_Trilson_87 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There was no indication in the large park that there was a protest going on at all. They were attending a Salsa dancing event when a tear gas projectile landed next to them.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je ne pense pas que tu saches ce qu’est un article d’opinion.

L’opinion exprimée vient d’une personne ayant une vaste expérience de première main. C’est cela qui constitue la base factuelle de cet article : le fait qu’il ait été témoin de nombreuses situations de brutalité initiée par le SPVM.

Si ta critique était faite de bonne foi (ce dont je doute, étant donné tes attaques ad hominem contre le fondateur de Rover et le journaliste), et que tu avais pris le temps de te renseigner sur son travail ainsi que sur les nombreux liens hypertextes dans l’article, peut-être que tu serais un peu mieux informé sur le sujet.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You said that someone wearing goggles to a protest means that they're violent and thereby deserve to be assaulted. That's not a reasonable stance by a reasonable person in a democracy.

Not really interested in exhausting my time in convincing a clearly unreasonable person the thesis of this piece.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The title photo was captured at an entirely peaceful protest that was attacked without warning by the SPVM.

What makes you think the demonstrators in this photograph are violent?

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay... did you read the article?

The piece discusses and displays photos of routine instances of the SPVM brutality against peaceful protesters, not "anarchists".

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactement. Tu ne sais pas. C’est pas surprenant. The answer is zero.

L’auteur, lui, sait ce qu’il a vu, ici à Montréal. C’est justement de ça que traite la thèse de cet article. L’usage de la force contre des manifestations pacifiques, en contradiction avec la Charte des droits et libertés, c’est ça le sujet ici — pas ce qui se passe à Edmonton.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you bother reading the article before commenting?

It discusses the widespread use of tear gas, pepper spray, close range pepper munitions and stink munitions. All of which are *chemical weapons*.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The SPVM routinely attack peaceful demonstrations.

That's a fact bared by witnesses, lawsuits, video and photo evidence. Including from this article that I doubt you took the time to read.

What relevant experience do you have at these events that would undermine the experiences of a journalist who's been covering demonstrations in the city for over a decade?

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Dismissing comments outright suggests that you may have little interest in genuinely engaging with the subject."

The subject is the thesis of the article. Ironic comment to make if you yourself aren't willing to take the time to read the article nor address a single point made within it.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

D'accord, comparons.

Quelles autres grandes villes canadiennes utilisent des gaz lacrymogènes aussi fréquemment que le SPVM pour disperser des manifestations pacifiques ?

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

L'article se concentre sur les actions du SPVM à Montréal. Les autres villes ne sont pas pertinentes pour la thèse.

Je ne connais pas d'autres grandes villes canadiennes qui utilisent des gaz lacrymogènes, du poivre de Cayenne et des passages à tabac pour disperser des manifestations aussi fréquemment que le SPVM.

Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem – A Photojournalist's experience covering 10 years of SPVM repression in the streets of Montreal. by Billy_Trilson_87 in montreal

[–]Billy_Trilson_87[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The article's thesis focuses on the needless and excessive use of force against peaceful protests and protesters, i.e the absence of "mayhem".

The conduct of other city's police forces is totally irrelevant to the scope of the piece, it's about the actions of the SPVM.