The police violated the rights and freedoms in Montebello

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Dave Coles is the labor leader who made headlines after he unmasked the Sûreté du Québec agents provocateurs at the Security and Prosperity Partnership summit, held in Montebello and bringing together American Heads of State, mexican and canadian in august 2007.

Justice Réal Lapointe of the Court of Quebec said yesterday that the order to stop the demonstration in Montebello violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Leila Martin filed a complaint in court after being arrested in Montebello for demonstrating against the summit.

“It is clear that the officers were following orders, and that these orders violated the rights and freedoms”, said Judge Lapointe.

Dave Coles states : “It is now clear that the decision to stop the demonstration in Montebello was illegal, but we still ask the same question : who gives the orders? Protesters should be given guarantees that the government will not use the police to incite violence again. Other, how can self defense be heard? »

Dave Coles made headlines when a video of the confrontation with police officers wearing black t-shirts and headbands, and one of which was armed with a rock, was posted on YouTube.

CEP immediately called for an investigation into who ordered the police to try to turn a peaceful protest into a violent one, but he was told to take the matter to the Police Ethics Committee where the case “is now mired in red tape”, selon Dave Coles.

"The matter can no longer be hidden behind commissions and committees", launched Dave Coles. “Prime Minister Harper should make the right decision now and hold an independent judicial inquiry. The decision issued yesterday imposes the cost of pardon on those responsible for all this cover-up. »