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Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante speaks at a press conference in Montreal on November 19, 2024.Photo by Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press
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Montreal’s mayor and police chief both say it will take time to arrest everyone who smashed windows and burned cars during a demonstration outside a NATO conference on Friday evening since most of them had their faces covered.
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In a radio interview on Monday, Dagher said police used to be able to intercept masked protesters before they could do any damage thanks to a bylaw that prohibited the use of masks during demonstrations.
But that bylaw was repealed in 2019 after a Quebec Superior Court found the ban was unconstitutional and Dagher says police now have to wait to intervene until a person commits a crime.
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante, whose administration repealed the bylaw, says she sympathizes with police officers who are having trouble identifying the protesters.
But Benoit Allard, a spokesperson for one of the groups that organized Friday’s demonstration, says peaceful protesters often wear masks to protect themselves from being targeted by police.
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