From our enemies
After eight weeks of mostly peaceful marching and chanting, the student demonstrations have taken mischievous turn in the past few days.
Paint was splattered at Collège de Valleyfield, glue was squirted into locks at Concordia, a police cruiser was vandalized on Thursday night, a protester was arrested for assaulting an officer Thursday night and on Friday morning a group of protesters broke into the offices of Education Minister Line Beauchamp on Henri Bourassa Blvd. and trashed them.
The students had been massing in Montreal North before the incident.
“At 8: 30 a.m., 15 students left the group and entered the building where Beauchamp’s offices are,” said Montreal police spokesperson Daniel Lacoursière.
“They went to the floor where her office is and they broke two windows on the doors, entered the office and trashed the inside. One person was arrested. The group then went out of the building and joined others outside.”
Furniture was upended and files strewn around and although there was material damage, no one was hurt. Police officers were waiting outside for the students but many of them managed to escape arrest by using the emergency exit from the building. Continue reading »