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Protest against COVID-19 measures in Montreal ends with tear gas and arrests due to more aggressive smaller group

Protest against COVID-19 measures in Montreal ends with tear gas and arrests due to more aggressive smaller group Katelyn Thomas, Montreal Gazette © Provided by The Gazette Protesters show their displeasure to the government sanitary measures during afternoon protest near the Olympic Stadium on Saturday May 1, 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Replay Video Skip Ad What began as a generally peaceful protest against Quebec’s public health measures near the Olympic Stadium on Saturday ended with tear gas and arrests when a smaller crowd began throwing rocks, fireworks and smoke bombs at police officers, Montreal police said. “People refused to leave the street, they threw projectiles towards officers,” said Manuel Couture, a media relations officer at the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal. “They had been there for a while, it wasn’t exactly the same crowd that had marched. It’s like if other people came to join after and those people

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