April 21st 5:30pm Dispatch Update, Quebec City

CMAQ dispatch information.

add an entry | view the current dispatch information Saturday, April 21st6:16pm EDT   st.jean and st.augustine
100 black riot cops came from an alley and trampled sitting protestors
edit6:05pm EDT   water truck shooting at protester.
fence intact. little police at line but at richellu there are tons in green riot gear.
unconfirmed.edit6:02pm EDT   police were reported to have left gas masks and riot gear on the inside of the fence. false or not, there are no longer any masks or gear behind fence.
confirmededit5:57pm EDT   as of 5.15
rene leveque
1000+ in park
protestors throwing bottles, police line creating a wall.
tear gassing the crowd.edit5:49pm EDT   claire-fontaine and rene-levesque
protesters and police exchanging projectiles (rocks & tear gas) water cannonsedit5:42pm EDT   charest and de l'eglise
pacifist party edit5:40pm EDT   unconfirmed report of what the police are using. read off the bottle on a cop: pepper mace (spray), cs gas (smaller gray fire extinguisher)
tear gas (unlabeled).
the water cannons are using water mixed with something else.edit5:35pm EDT   trunbull and rene-levesque
protesters an either side of the police edit5:32pm EDT   abraham
police forming blockade and rocks being sent to them police respond with tear gasedit5:31pm EDT   highway off of abraham is blocked by cop cars and cement blocksedit5:26pm EDT   grande allee ouest and rene-levesque
confrontation between police and protestersedit5:20pm EDT   abraham
the protesters water has been contaminated by a gas canister that landed in the water reserve bin
edit5:19pm EDT   the perimeter at st. jean by the cemetary has been breeched. even the iron fence is down.edit5:17pm EDT   abraham
protesters have no more water

edit5:15pm EDT   we need someone to find a used canister to verify what kind of gas are now used - possibility of pepper spray added to tear gas and gas stronger than yesterday. please uncontaminate it first.edit5:07pm EDT   just checked with the summit bureau. no cancellation or delaying to the schedule ... or they lie. Also called the police. Report to come at 6 on the arrests but for now impossible to get infos on new arrestsedit5:05pm EDT   Lighting christmas trees on fire and trowing them over the fence on Richelieu.
edit5:01pm EDT   CMAQ journaliste, Martin Lacasse from the Trait D'Union has been hit by a rubber bullet and is in an ambulance heading to the hospital. the injury is on the armedit5:00pm EDT   abraham
tear gas screen in place on street. not shot from cannon, laid out.edit4:54pm EDT   Rocks and bottles have been trown at police on Richelieu and police replied by shooting gas at crowd randomly.
edit4:51pm EDT   A dozen tear gas canisters have been shot at the Grand theatre.edit4:50pm EDT   A protester has been shot with rubber bullets in the back five or six times at a range of 12 feet.edit4:43pm EDT   abraham
helicopter hovering and someone is hanging out of the chopper. injured protester on abraham is bleeding, medics on scene.
unconfirmed.edit4:30pm EDT   protester with leg wounded got back in front of police and got shot twice again with r-bullets. edit4:29pm EDT   ambulances are going threw at the cote d abraham but not for the protesters, for police. (2 amb.)edit4:28pm EDT   park at american francais is occupied by protestors. unconfirmededit4:28pm EDT   protester got r-bullets three times. Was doing nothing again. Cote d'A. again. Random tear gaz same spot.edit4:27pm EDT   fence at cemetery on st.jean is down. unconfirmed.edit4:26pm EDT   there are unconfirmed report that three or four cops that have been wounded. there is also a report of an m16 among the police ranks.edit4:26pm EDT   protester received bullets repetedly. is on the ground but not unconscious for the moment. cote d'abraham. OK Bandages on his legs but okay. edit4:15pm EDT   there is a bulldozer or forklift reinforcing the fence. at st.jean and st.genevieve unconfirmededit4:13pm EDT   UNCONFIRMED INFO : Delegates would have cancelled or delayed all their meetings because of the gazes in the air. (please check downstairs - call the summit office something like that)edit4:11pm EDT   wounded policeman - cote d'abraham and perimeteredit4:11pm EDT   rene leveque is blocked all longedit4:02pm EDT   protester arrested on st-genevieve. seems he was not doing anything. edit4:00pm EDT   tear gaz on rue Richelieuedit3:54pm EDT   st jean and st genevieve
perimeter is breached. (lots of people)edit3:52pm EDT   st.jean and st genieve
many people (15oo?) pushed down to abraham.edit3:51pm EDT   st.jean and st.claire
black bloc at fence.
one person has been injured. reportedly he has lost consciousness and the medics are on scene.edit3:47pm EDT   ST-JEAN
Police : rubber bullets.edit3:47pm EDT   rene leveque and claire fontaine
police are advancing on the protestors and using tear gas, water cannons.
there are paddy wagons and a helicopter
all of this is inside the perimeter.edit3:39pm EDT   cote d'abraham & perimeter. Protesters sitting there - tear gaz, others going down. 50-70 police pushing them away.edit3:30pm EDT   the fire on st.jean is a car that has been hit by tear gas. and the fire is out.edit3:27pm EDT   tear gaz corner st-augustine & st-jeanedit3:24pm EDT   corner rene-levesque and Turnbull cleared by police - + rubber balls on rene levesqueedit3:21pm EDT   CONFIRMED - Black smoke on st-jean street - fire ? (yes!!!!)edit3:19pm EDT   La police tire des balles de caoutchouc- police throwing rubber balls on Rene-Levesque - UNCONFIRMED
Apportent des fans (ventilateurs) pour rediriger gaz. Police brought fans to redirect gaz. UNCONFIRMEDedit3:14pm EDT   PROTESTERS INSIDE THE PERIMETRE
St-Jeanedit3:09pm EDT   ST-JEAN
A lot of people are gathering. Black bloc is present. Action is beginning; they are trying to take down the perimtre. People on the roofs and maybe snipers edit3:03pm EDT   CHAREST - ABRAHAM
1500 persons from Union march are heading to St-Jean, passing in front of the CMAQ. CONFIRMED (and visible)edit3:02pm EDT   DES GLACIS (Rene-Levesque)
A police line is pushing the protesters.
UNCONFIRMEDedit3:00pm EDT   black block is trying to convince protestors in the green march to go to the perimeter. unconfirmed reports of more black bloc warmachines.edit2:57pm EDT   protestors are leaving claire fontaine and rene leveque. too much tear gas. need a mask to go there. CONFIRMEDedit2:54pm EDT   RENE-LEVESQUE
Cops seems to widen the perimetre. Tear gas is used to push out the 500 protesters.
UNCONFIRMEDedit2:44pm EDT   we have the details on the legal team, merciedit2:43pm EDT   RENE-LEVESQUE
Full of tears gas.
CONFIRMEDedit2:34pm EDT   where was the legal press conference at 11AM AND IS ANYONE COVERING IT? Thats the kind of question for press room. We have no info in dispatch (upstairs).edit2:27pm EDT   protestors are gathering into affintiy groups outside the Cmaq HQ. deciding what to do in the face of massive tear gas attack on abraham.edit2:21pm EDT   ABRAHAM Cops are cutting the line (we try to know what that means...) (i think it means running through protestor lines.)edit2:17pm EDT   we have a report of a water cannon truck. please confirm. CONFIRMED: There is water trucks (cannons) since 12h30. (see messages before) At Abraham? BOTH PLACES: on Abraham they retreated, probably to fill the tanks.edit2:15pm EDT   ABRAHAM
Protesters are retreating because of massive gas attack and water trucks. Cops are pushing the protesters that are trying to pull down the fence with ropes.
CONFIRMEDedit2:11pm EDT   RENE LEVESQUE
Des gens s'accrochent a la barriere.
Protesters are hanging to the fence.
UNCONFIRMEDedit2:10pm EDT   there is a report that the green march to exposite is going well and that there is little police presence.edit2:07pm EDT   ABRAHAM
Water truck is retreating.
Canons a eau.edit2:03pm EDT   there is a report that the march going up cote de abraham, the march was gased even before they got to the gate. there is a report from sabino that the police were preparing for this offensive.edit1:59pm EDT   PREVOST et SCOTT:
(vers 13h45) colis suspect - police est en train d'établir un périmètre de sécurité
SVP envoyer quelqu'unedit1:55pm EDT   unconfirmed:
possible use of pepper spray by the police on Rene Levesque - please confirmedit1:53pm EDT   AIGUILLON - ST-AUGUSTIN
Dispersion des manifestants.
Protesters are dispersing.edit1:49pm EDT   ABRAHAM DUFFERIN
Protester are forcing the fence. Tear gas lunch. The air is filled with tear gas.
CONFIRMED (and visible from the CMAQ)edit1:44pm EDT   RENE LEVESQUE
Yellow March. Starts to force the perimetre. Same hot spot as yesterday. Tear Gas lunch.edit1:44pm EDT   CHAREST ET DE LA COURONNE
La marche est divisée en deux par les organisateurs - zone rouge et jaune vont sur cote d'Abraham et verte vers Expo-cité (centre de foires)edit1:44pm EDT   COTE D ABRAHAM DUFFERIN
Union march has split and a part of it is there. There are 12-15 cops there.
CONFIRMEDedit1:39pm EDT   confirmé: 9 américains ont été arrêtés au coin de Langelier et Lavigne par la Sureté du Québec - motif: immigration illégaleedit1:29pm EDT   DISPATCH TO DISPATCH need a confirmation - Morgan Stewart (of Young NDP and registered with CMAQ), friend of Richard here, has just been arrested by the police at 1h10PM at the corner of boul Charest and de l'Eglise, taken as an anarchist. edit1:29pm EDT   CARON ST-VALLIER The Union march is somehow separating in two UNCONFIRMEDedit1:23pm EDT   chefs d'accusation de Jaggi: - participation a une emeute, -violation des conditions, -possession d'une arme (la catapulte, qu'il dit ne pas avoir touchée)edit1:17pm EDT   (francais - english to come) rapport du collectif légal : il y a eu comparution aujourd'hui de 6 personnes, dont 5 gardés jusqu'à leur enquête de cautionnement mercredi, 1 reconnu coupable va recevoir sa sentance lundi, 59 personnes sont détenues présentement. (report from the legal committee : court appearance today of 6 people arrested, of which 5 being held until wednesday...)edit1:10pm EDT   CHAREST (heading East)
A march is on Charest. It's a noisy parade, probably the Union March coming from the Vieux-Port. The report says that their security is rough.edit1:07pm EDT   VIEUX-PORT
The union march (green) has begun.edit1:05pm EDT   DORCHESTER AND CHAREST
Smell and sound of tear gas, according to a phone call we just received. UNCONFIRMEDedit12:31pm EDT   DISPATCH A DISPATCH
Pourriez-vous nous donner les coordonnees (heure et lieu) de la grande manifestation d'aujourd'hui?
Merci.edit12:04pm EDT   It is Saturday, 12h there are 3 units out we need to set up a relay, so that we can have information between the plains of abraham and the base.