Photojournalism A3 News

 

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – OCTOBER 24 2020: Jessica Quijano, A spokesperson for the Defund the Police Montreal Coalition, reads the names of victims of police killings outside the Police Brotherhood's office near Laurier Metro on Saturday October 24th. Protesters gather to demand change from the SPVM in the form of demilitarizing, defunding and reinvesting at least 50 percent of the 665 million spent on Montreal policing into social services.  (Photo by Asia Mason/Dawson College Photojournalism Class)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – OCTOBER 24 2020: Spectators watch the protests from apartment balconies on October 24th 2020. Reactions from spectators were mixed, some did not know what it was for, some were cheering them along and others were visibly upset by the march, one man saying that the protesters did not understand what they were doing.  (Photo by Asia Mason/Dawson College Photojournalism Class)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – OCTOBER 24 2020: One of the demands of the protest is to decolonize the police which they say means "investing in indigenous models of justice and empower indigenous communities to address all harms committed by indigenous peoples through these models [and] empower other oppressed communities, especially black communities to develop and run similar approaches to justice."  After being blocked from marching down Berri, protestors change course and head east towards the Plateau on October 24th 2020.  (Photo by Asia Mason/Dawson College Photojournalism Class)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – OCTOBER 24 2020: Three protestors hold up signs outside the SPVM headquarters. In addition to the SPVM, the activist groups also called attention to the abuse of power within the RCMP. During this past spring in Northern Alberta, a dash cam video showed an RCMP officer stopping an outspoken chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Chief Allan Adam and violently tackling and arresting him because of an expired license plate. The incident was one of many intimidations tactics the RCMP has been alleged to use towards Indigenous communities without consequence.  (Photo by Asia Mason/Dawson College Photojournalism Class)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – OCTOBER 24 2020: Protests are brought to a halt outside the SPVM Headquarters on St Urbain street on October 24th 2020. The crowed continued to chant the actions of the police which they have deemed shameful and continue to speak the names of past victims and ways to support the defunding organization in the future.  (Photo by Asia Mason/Dawson College Photojournalism Class)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – OCTOBER 24 2020: After the protest, Fightback, the Marxist socialiste magazine, collects subscriptions and sells information booklets on the effects of capitalism and how its connected to racism and police violence everywhere on October 24th 2020.  (Photo by Asia Mason/Dawson College Photojournalism Class)