A crowd of several hundred demonstrators took to the streets in N.D.G. on Wednesday, March 15, as part of an annual protest against police brutality. Holding a banner reading "La police tue en prison et dans la rue," demonstrators marched on the International Day Against Police Brutality just weeks after Nicous D'Andre Spring was killed while illegally detained in a Montreal prison.
"Young poet, young boxer, a lover." That's how Nicous D'Andre Spring's loved ones remember him: tall, kind and creative.In the freezing rain, a crowd of hundreds gathered in front of McGill University’s Roddick Gates on February 10 to protest the death of Montrealer Nicous D’Andre Spring, who died from injuries sustained while he was illegally incarcerated at Montreal’s Bordeaux Jail on December 24, 2022, according to reports from the CBC. He was 21 years old.