Black-clad Antifa-type protesters taking part in a May Day demonstration in Montreal smashed windows, scrawled graffiti, and attacked police in what has grown to be customary for this yearly event.
Anti-capitalist protesters gathered at Canada Place around 5 p.m. in the downtown area and started their march at 5:45 pm. Fifteen minutes later, the demonstration started turning ugly with acts of vandalism and rocks thrown at police, reported La Presse.
“Notice to the crowd: due to many offences committed during the demonstration, the SPVM is ordering people to disperse immediately,” wrote the Montreal police service on Twitter.
The event was organized by the far-left group Convergence of Anti-capitalist struggles (CLAC) under the theme “Colonial and ecocidal, capitalism is war!”
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