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The Coalition’s actions, from protests to the alternative budget, are frequently covered in the local and national media. Here is a sample of the press coverage.
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Montreal’s first ever Defund the Police Festival was held in NDG Saturday afternoon. Organizers say the growing movement is often misunderstood and to really get down to the root cause, education and prevention is required.
“The purpose is really to bring community together, you know, to gather and have a good time, as well as educate the community about what defunding the police means,” said Jessica Quijano, from the Coalition to Defund the Police.
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Nearly 100 people in support of police defunding gathered in Montreal’s Place des Arts, near Montreal Police’s (SPVM) headquarters downtown, to voice their anger and frustration with the city and its plans to increase police funding.
“We’re here today to showcase our outrage at this. We really believe in defunding the SPVM,” said Amy Edward, a member of Defund The Police Coalition.
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A coalition of Montrealers is offering a proposal they say will improve community safety by defunding the city's police (SPVM) and allocating money elsewhere.
"It's not just to take away from police, it's to replace it with something better, more efficient, and not so tragic where it ends in a death," said Jessica Quijano of the Defund the Police Coalition.
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The 10th annual Justice for Victims of Police Killings vigil was held on Saturday afternoon and the event was connected with the movement to defund the police and reinvest in communities.
“One of the mandates of Defund the Police is to disarm the police, reinvest in communities and cut the SPVM (Montreal police) budget by 50 per cent,” said Jessica Quijano, a rally co-organizer and spokesperson for Defund the Police Coalition Montreal.
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Des groupes qui forment la Coalition pour le définancement de la police demandent de désarmer les policiers et de les priver même de matraques, de pistolets Taser et de poivre de Cayenne.
Ils demandent aussi de réduire de 50 % une somme de 665 millions de dollars qui serait octroyée au Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) et de verser cet argent aux communautés noires, autochtones et autres groupes "oppressés".
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Over 200 protesters gathered to call for the defunding of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) on Oct. 24 in a demonstration organized by the Defund the Police Coalition and Justice for Victims of Police Killings. This demonstration marks the 11th annual Justice for Victims of Police Killings vigil to honour the lives of victims of police violence in Montreal.
The demonstration began with speeches delivered at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park in the Plateau-Mont-Royal district, before the group embarked on a three-hour long march west along Saint Joseph Boulevard. The energetic crowd continued south on Park Avenue, before turning eastward on Sherbrooke Street. The march ended nearly four kilometers south of the initial post at the Place des Festivals.