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  • Officer Shot as Riot Erupts in Montreal

    08/11/2008 4:36:09 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 16 replies · 368+ views
    CBC News ^ | 8-11-08 | unattributed
    Hundreds of riot police chased a group of roving youths early Monday after a night of rioting and vandalism in a North Montreal neighbourhood set off by the fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old man over the weekend. The park is in a predominantly Haitian neighbourhood where tensions between police and young people run high, according to residents. "The police are always creeping around here, hassling people," one unidentified youth told CBC News as he stood in front of a looted butcher shop. The violence began after a Sunday afternoon protest at Henri Bourassa Park, the site of Saturday's police...