According to street medics, there were deaths at the FTAA
protests last month, including one from a plastic bullet. If
this is true, there must be other medics and witnesses. There
has been precious little said of this and we need to start
putting the picture together and let the world know.

(If someone wants to translate this to french for posting on
CMAQ and montreal indymedia, it would be greatly appreciated.)

**DISTRIBUTE WIDELY**

it's been revealed that there were in fact deaths as a
direct result of police actions in Quebec City during the
summit of the americas protests. we are already more than
halfway there to another kent state.

this is a two-fold request: firstly, forward this as widely
as you can, and don't just resign it to email. let people
know. secondly,

***we are looking for people who have details on the
deaths***,

especially the partially confirmed plastic bullet death.
if anyone has any more information, or knows where to find
it, please, all of you, speak up and send any pertinent
information, no matter how incomplete, no matter whether
you think someone already would have done it, to

vict...@altavista.com

...we want to get information about this out in as many
ways possible once the picture starts forming.

what follows is two excerpts from indymedia.

- the hoarse kid collective

http://www.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=35758
"non-lethal" (english)
by street medic 6:46am Wed Apr 25 '01

Considering that there is no way this fact will find it's
way into the news I would like to provide a tragic example
of just how dangerous these plastic bullets are. During the
Quebec protests a young woman was shot in the throat.
Unfortunately, no one could get to her on time and she died in the street. Tragically, her death was not the only one.
An elderly woman was trapped in her apartment and
asphyxiated on the tear gas fumes.
I hope that this outrage is pushed into action. Please make
as much noise as possible about this and be sure to seek
the best protection possible in the upcoming protests.
Our streets are turning into a war zone but I refuse to
give up my freedom of speech.

http://www.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=37662
Cofirmed...Somewhat (english)
by Nightwalker 2:24am Tue May 1 '01

Medics who checked in at the clinic on Sunday, April 22
were told that two deaths had been confirmed the previous
day. One protestor had apparently been shot in the
neck and left to die by the police. (Anonymous, the clinic
staff were aware of the other protestor who underwent
surgery, and clearly stated that these were two different
people.) An elderly woman was also reportedly asphyxiated
in her own apartment from tear gas, although reading an
account in the FTAA Diary (link below) leads me to
wonder if she actually died of induced stress, or if two
elderly woman died, one unknown to the clinicians. Either
way, two or three deaths which have been ignored by both
corporate and independent media...pretty fuckin' sad.