students in Montreal anti-police riot

http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/688135--montreal-police-use-chemical-irritants-to-try-to-disperse-downtown-crowd

This year’s anti-police march comes at a particularly sensitive time. There have been battles in recent weeks at massive student protest marches against tuition hikes. One student suffered a serious eye injury amid a police intervention at a march last week. ...

Protesters lobbed objects at officers, vandalized some stores and smashed two police vehicles. Authorites responded by firing off chemical irritants in a bid to disperse a crowd of about 1,000 people.

There were reports of about 15 arrests — although that number was expected to grow, given there were more than 200 detained last year.

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http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/688937--montreal-mayor-tired-of-mayhem-from-anti-police-brutality-march

Seven officers were slightly injured, as were two civilians who tussled with protesters, he said.

But eyewitnesses also saw demonstrators who were injured, including at least one man who was cut by an exploding stun grenade.

The police chief commended the work of officers, calling their actions “professional” as they confronted projectile-tossing protesters.

Some in the crowd also vandalized stores and smashed two police cruisers, including one that was flipped over on its roof.

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http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/684299--injured-student-fights-to-save-eye-in-tuition-fight

MONTREAL — Student demonstrators symbolically covered their right eyes Thursday as they marched through Montreal to recognize a peer who fears losing sight in one eye.
The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests against Quebec’s plans for tuition fee hikes. It unfolded in an atmosphere of heightened tensions, one day after a fellow demonstrator suffered a partially detached retina following a violent fracas with riot police.

Student groups say Francis Grenier, 20, was wounded following the explosion of a police stun grenade Wednesday in downtown Montreal.

On Thursday, hundreds of protesters, some wearing eye patches and others covering an eye in reference to Grenier, flooded city streets and jammed rush-hour traffic.

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D- one thing is for sure. Quebec won't hike tuitions if they can possibly help it.
Students in the rest of Canada - and the younger generations in general - should take note. So we don't have a slick media lobby machine. There are other ways.