SPVM Eviction Of Occupy Montreal aka Occupons Montréal From Square Victoria aka Place Victoria aka "Place du Peuple" On Friday November 25th, 2011

Eleven years ago this morning, Montréal's SPVM police force was forcefully moving in to Square Victoria aka "Place du Peuple" to evict and dismantle Occupy Montréal. The night before, a Thursday night if I remember correctly, the General Assembly of Occupy Montréal had voted to voluntarily end its occupation of Square Victoria, clean up the area, and move out over the upcoming week-end. This vote to end the occupation was made known to the SPVM police mediators, and the media etc., but it seems that Montréal mayor Gérald Tremblay and the SPVM just *had* to put on a show of force, rather than give Occupy Montréal activists an opportunity to clean-up Square Victoria and leave of their own volition over the week-end. . .