Anti-capitalist demonstration, Montreal police intervene after violence
Posted May 2, 2024 11:07 am.
Montreal police (SPVM) intervened on Wednesday night to break up an Anti-capitalist demonstration that turned violent – amid annual May Day protests.
Some business windows were smashed and property damaged by masked demonstrators in the downtown core.
The front of a Scotiabank branch was vandalized with their windows shattered.
Protesters were seen throwing traffic cones and metal construction signs into the street.
Jean-Pierre Brabant, spokesperson for the SPVM, said that officers were confronted by the demonstrators – and that smoke bombs were deployed at police.
Around 8 p.m., authorities said they had to intervene.
Police launched a “dispersal operation” near de Maisonneuve and Robert-Bourassa Blvd.
The demonstration ended a little after 8:30 p.m.
Brabant said one arrest was made.
