{"id":7771,"date":"2015-05-02T06:59:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T11:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7771"},"modified":"2015-05-02T06:59:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T11:59:30","slug":"dozens-arrested-in-anti-capitalism-may-day-protest-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7771","title":{"rendered":"Dozens arrested in anti-capitalism May Day protest in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dozens arrested in anti-capitalism May Day protest in Montreal<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Eighty-four protesters arrested, Montreal police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators and bystanders<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police arrested 84 people, including 27 on criminal charges, and used tear gas to disperse demonstrators at a night-time protest in downtown Montreal organized by a local anti-capitalist group called CLAC.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people\u00a0gathered at\u00a0at\u00a0least three different locations around the city,\u00a0well before the protests officially got underway at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

The group called on protesters to cause the “maximum disruption possible” to businesses downtown.<\/p>\n

However, the majority of the crowd were people carrying anti-austerity messages with no intention of vandalism or violence.<\/p>\n

By 7:10 p.m., police had already declared the demonstrations illegal and began ordering protesters to disperse.<\/p>\n

As demonstrators moved up McGill College Avenue from de Maisonneuve Boulevard, police began launching rounds of tear gas.<\/p>\n

Children\u00a0gassed by police<\/h2>\n

Families and bystanders were among those gassed early in the demonstration. One woman said she brought her family to the protest thinking\u00a0it would be peaceful.<\/p>\n

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“Suddenly, there was tear gas all around us,” the woman, who did not give her name,\u00a0said, as one of her children cried in the background.<\/p>\n

“We have a baby with us.”<\/p>\n

Montreal police Sgt. Laurent\u00a0Gingras said it’s regrettable that families were caught in the fray, but he said police warned people to leave the area before firing rounds of tear gas.<\/p>\n

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Montreal\u00a0police confirmed there were arrests, but did not have a final tally.<\/p>\n

Police kettled\u00a0protesters<\/h2>\n

Gingras said one of the challenges police face was\u00a0splinter groups that\u00a0appeared across the city, making it difficult\u00a0to disperse protesters.<\/p>\n

Bystander Sarah Campbell was walking home from eating dinner near Sherbrooke Street and Hutchison\u00a0Street when she saw police approach one of the splinter groups, comprised of\u00a0around 15 protesters.<\/p>\n

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