Leslie Young

Just saw this story at CBC.ca. It’s a little scary, I must say. Three Quebec police officers disguised themselves as demonstrators at the recent protest in Montebello, Quebec, where the North American leaders summit is being held. Police say that they were not trying to instigate violence, merely to identify potentially violent demonstrators. They seem to have been found out.

Here’s a YouTube video showing what happened when the demonstrators discovered police in their midst. Note how the police seem to be the most violent people there. It’s kind of an ugly scene though, but it may have been much worse.

Can I just say how important it is for people to carry cameras at protests? I came to this story pretty late. That video has over 500 comments on it and over 142,000 views when I finally watched it. This video probably helped the Quebec police admit that they did this, as it’s not just the protesters’ word against the police’s. I’m amazed at how this came through.