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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonBilly" data-source="post: 194227">I lived some years in MontrÃ©al and I know how rude the cops can be there, I was surprised to see that the first times... In Europe usually the police is less violent and not that fast in showing their guns.Having said that I was also surprised how many Quebequers can become violent when they are drunk although they are usually very quiet people most of the time.[/b]</blockquote> Well back in 1990s Montreal went through a lot of trouble... they had the biker wars between the hells angels and the rock machine biker gnag something like 500 people were killed over a few years.... bombs were going off all over Montreal... people were getting shot it was not a veyr nice place... and then they had the native problems in Oka where there was an armed standoff between native mohawk warriors armed with assault rifles, rpgs, etc and some plice were killed... they eventually called in the army to deal with the problem... ontop of that Quebec has been dealing with the whole separatist issue which has blown over into violence a few times... so generally the cops don't f*** around when they deal with civil disobedience of any kind. [/b][/quote]What I witnessed on avenue Sainte Catherine in 2002, as far as I remember, was a teenager who had just stolen a CD in one of the big down-town stores running away with police at his back ... with guns in hands  :blink: A police car intervened stopping on the side walk.  Two cops jumped out, tackled the teenager very brutally, hit him with their sticks, ... You can imagine then what it can be in case of civil disobedience...I was in MontrÃ©al at the time of the last referendum, the atmosphere was tense but not violent. I remember especially when we were convened by our boss who explained to us clearly how we should vote ...  It was a very weird time.[/QUOTE]

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