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Fredy is Gone
Young Protester in Montreal North
photo:vincenzo d'alto-montreal gazette

A peaceful protest against the shooting of an 18 year old Fredy Villaneuva, of ethnic Latino youth, last week by Montreal cops have escalated into a riot, violence, flames and destruction this city has never seen.

It all erupted in the north-end of the city, Montreal-North which has earned it's name and ridicule from the wealthier suburbs as "Montreal-Noir or Montreal-Negre" with its concentration of ethnic Haitian community. It has also become the haven of notorious Haitian
street gangs and drugs peddlers.

According to the victim's parents, the young boy was a quiet boy, who didn't smoke, drink alcohol, do drugs, nor went to bars and clubs as most of his friends and enjoyed video games. According to other witnesses, the cops on patrol at the city park, where the incident happen, apparently got out of the car approached a group of kids, perhaps on suspicion of drug use but found them playing dice but singled out Danny Villanueva,the victim's older brother, searched him, pushed him to the ground, handcuffed him and forced him into the police car. The younger brother approached the police and argues why they're arresting his brother for no reason, the rest of the youth were approaching the cops, voicing the same anger and questioning the caps. As they came nearer, one of the cops fired his gun, killing Fredy and injuring three others. All the youth were found unarmed. Most in the group are of Latino-Haitian ethnicity.

While it is true, notorious street gangs of Haitian-Latino ethnicity have surfaced in the streets of Montreal, while the increase surveillance by the police in concentrated areas of the town is to be applauded, it is also true, that the predominantly white Quebecois-French
police force have repeatedly engaged in racial profiling and racism that has to be addressed.

The numerous list of innocent or of caught for minor dismeanor especially in the black community are treated with unnecessary police brutality or just simply put-away by a fast trigger.

Now the mayhem: