We like the Montreal Police - they are nicer then the police in Oakland, San Diego ...

So far the Montreal police has been incredibly accommodating with the Occupy Montreal movement. I was impressed at how they bent over backwards to ensure the security of everyone today at the March. Although it was known the group was going to March around 3pm, there was no defined route that was provided to the police. They did make suggestions for us to avoid Sherbrooke, but they really did let the organizers go where they wanted to go downtown. 

In general though the police in Montreal have not been difficult with the Occupy Montreal group. If anything they claim to have bigger problems with the firemen.  They seem to inspect the camp daily and have concerns about fire hazards and safety.  Most people feel the reason the city of Montreal and it's officials have been easy is they figure that the Occupiers will leave once the weather gets colder. They are in for a surprise!

In front of US Consulate in Montreal 29-10-11

One of the places  where the protest march stopped was in front of the American Consulate in Montreal.  This was done in support of the many Occupy movements in the US that have been brutally removed by police with anti-riot squad, despite the fact there were NO RIOTS.  Colour me impressed, Montreal - known for it's hockey riots, have not had anything remotely violent through it's occupy movement.


There's the Marine in Oakland with the cracked skull, worth mentioning. This brave young man did TWO tours of duty in IRAQ and came home safely, only to get brutalized by the Oakland Police. SHAME SHAME SHAME on Oakland.  San Diego has also been pretty nasty with their Occupy group. Last night all you could see was police with anti-riot gear on their live stream.

One of the more interesting articles I read in the past couple of days was about the March in Cairo from Tahrir Square to the American embassy by Egyptians in support of the Occupy Oakland protesters. Though they have comparable if not worse police brutality problems in Egypt, it did not prevent a segment of the Egyptian population to March for those wronged in the US.