Montreal Police arrest park visitors following enactment of strict 8pm lockdown curfew

The resumption of the 8pm lockdown curfew in Quebec has prompted numerous residents to come out in protest of Premier Francois Legault’s strict regulations in the Canadian province. An instance of apparent police brutality by the Montreal Police (SPVM) on Saturday have also prompted increased scrutiny of Montreal’s enforcement of its curfew.

As reported by Westphalian News’ Marie Oakes, police showed up in massive numbers at the Jeanne-Mance Parc in Montreal on Sunday evening.

“The SPVM has yet to respond or release information related to an incident of excessive force yesterday at Jeanne-Mance Parc,” she wrote.

While reporting at the public park, the journalist captured an SPVM arrest of a woman. Police tried to prevent her from filming it.

“Unmarked police vehicle at Jeanne-Mance parc in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Around 50 SPVM agents here an hour before the 8pm curfew. The SPVM has yet to respond or release the information related to an incident of excessive force yesterday at Jeanne-Mance Parc,” she wrote on Twitter.

Oakes detailed how the “illegal activity” prohibited by the SPVM included a band of young musicians and a few revelers enjoying their evening at the park.

“This was minutes before they arrested the woman at Jeanne-Mance Parc in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,” wrote the journalist. “This is the famous tam tam drum circle that has taken place every Sunday since 1976.”