Community Activism

Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay, and police chief, Yvan Delorme both made public statements regarding the violent riot that broke out of a peaceful protest in a northern, largely Haitian community neighborhood this weekend. Many residents, seen to be driven by their frustration over (what they see as) the belligerent police shooting and murder of fellow community member, Freddy Villanueva, 18, stormed the streets, tossing beer bottles at firefighters after setting fires and confronting the police in a display of violence.

Mayor Tremblay said he won't "tolerate what has happened on the weekend." Delorme, on the other hand, has said that he's willing to do whatever to make amends with the community, even though he believes that the tension is not necessarily as widespread as some press portray it to be.   read more »

Here's some pictures of the Housing actions that took place in advance of the city's budget. They're a mix of both day's events...

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What can I say, my shots this time around are rife with mediocrity... Maybe it was the rain, maybe it was the lack of sleep and the overnight shift that wrapped up six hour before. I just wasn't in to these shots.

Here the crowd listining to... Lorraine I believe.

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critical mass july/06

 
Here's the selections from the photos I shot at Friday's Critical Mass ride. You may notice that I haven't bothered much with touch--ups or colour correction, that's because I'm tired from the overnight shift... Any hoo, here's what you've been fending for:  

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