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2025-08-26 9 H 30 - Conseil municipal Montréal

September 26, 2026 at 5:28 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Depuis mars 2025, j'ai posé de nombreuses questions concernant la #BrutalitéPolicière des #policiers du #SPVM visant les #photographes & les #journalistes lors de la période de questions du public aux séances du conseil municipal de #Montréal.

#MonSPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ICi...

YouTube video by MTLVille

Manifestation anticapitaliste 1er mai 2025 de la CLAC Montréal au Parc Raymond-Préfontaine RME 1575

September 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

"Ce dossier fait l’objet d’un suivi et a été transmis à la Division des normes professionnelles (DNP) pour analyse."

Qui aurait su que le SPVM a une "Division des normes professionnelles"?

#NormesProfessionnelles #SPVM #MonSPVM #MySPVM #BrutalitéPolicière #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL #PolQC #QCpoli

September 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

1er mai- Journée internationale des travailleuses et travailleurs Tiohtià:ke/ Montréal

Manifestation anticapitaliste 1er mai 2025 de la #CLAC Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes au Parc Raymond-Préfontaine en Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Montréal

#1ermai #SPVM #MonSPVM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNi...

SPVM Riot Cops Teargas May Day Protesters Then Charge At Them And Yours Truly Friday May 1 2026 L

May 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Le #SPVM nous a "remis" un bouclier dans la gueule lors du #ManifEnCours du #1ermai. . .

youtu.be/C2Kh4IXDtu4

#MonSPVM #BrutalitéPolicière #ViolencePolicière #RépressionPolicière #StupiditéPolicière #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL #PolQC #QCpoli #NOjusticeNOpeace #TutoyerLaPolice #FilmerLaPolice #MySPVM

Montreal holds public consultation on police anti‑racism plan

August 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Johanie Bouffard of #CityTV Montreal News interviewed me when I was at the Public Security Commission's public consultation on the SPVM’s 2026–2030 plan to address police #discrimination and #racism.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i27...

#RacialProfiling #SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #PolQC

YouTube video by CityNews

SPVM Riot Cops Teargas May Day Protesters Then Charge At Them And Yours Truly Friday May 1 2026 L

April 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

« On arrivait au coin De Bleury et Sainte-Catherine, un des agents a fait un pas en avant pour faire mine de me frapper avec sa matraque, et j’ai eu un mouvement de recul. Il m’a dit : “Will, tu apprends.” Il a clairement indiqué qu’il connaît mon travail. »

#BrutalitéPolicière #SPVM #MonSPVM

September 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Je suis contente que notre mairesse Soraya Martinez Ferrada ait fait une sortie pour dire qu'il faut commencer par appeler les choses par leur nom. 😉😇

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#BrutalitéPolicière #ViolencePolicière #BavuresPolicières #SPVM #MonSPVM #MySPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #PolQC #QCpoli #CMMTL

Robin Edgar @robinedgar59.bsky.social · Jun 19

"We have to start by calling things what they are.”

Montréal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada

So hopefully our mayor will not mind too much if I called a couple of belligerent #SPVM #RiotCops "assholes" and "fucking tools" on #MayDay. 😇

#PoliceBrutality #MySPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL

youtu.be/C2Kh4IXDtu4

Manifestation anticapitaliste 1er mai 2025 de la CLAC Montréal au Parc Raymond-Préfontaine RME 1575

June 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

If the #SPVM can arrest #YvesEngler for alleged #harassment for criticizing a #Zionist "influencer" who promotes the #EthnicCleansing of #Gaza on X, & for creating an email campaign calling for those charges to be dropped, it can arrest this #misogynist * for #CriminalHarassment.

#MySPVM #MonSPVM

March 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

As a rule, I refrain from calling cops "pigs", and consider ACAB to be an acronym for All Cats Are Beautiful, but that photo by Hugo Genest capturing #SPVM #RiotCops surrounding William Wilson quite appropriately has "Cochon Dingue" in the background. 🤣

#MySPVM #MonSPVM #PoliceBrutality #CrazyCops

A photo by Hugo Genest capturing SPVM riot cops surrounding & apparently brutalizing Montreal photojournalist William Wilson quite appropriately has "Cochon Dingue" (Crazy Pig) in the background. 🤣

September 23, 2026 at 1:13 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

It was not an SPVM police officer who shot Nooran Rezayi, it was a Longueuil police officer.

That being said, the SPVM certainly has blood on its hands in terms of those people who have been shot to death by SPVM cops, inc. Nicholas Gibbs.

#SPVM #MonSPVM #MySPVM #PoliceKillings #PoliceBrutality

September 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

I somehow managed to not see any cops during the silent march.

Had I seen this I would have documented it in photos & videos.

When I saw photos of these #RiotCops yesterday, I was surprised that Longueuil had its own #RiotSquad.

Now it all makes sense. 🤣

#SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #PolQC

September 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Manifestation #anticapitaliste 1er mai Journée internationale des travailleuses et travailleurs 2025 de la #CLAC Convergence des luttes #anticapitalistes au Parc Raymond-Préfontaine en Hochelaga-Maisonneuve #Montréal

#1ermai #MayDay #SPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #PolQC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNi...

Rogue SPVM Riot Cop aka BOBOCOP Charges Pedestrian For Walking On The Sidewalk

May 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Montreal activist encourages #Montrealers to wear their own #BodyCameras, other otherwise #FilmThePolice, when dealing with #SPVM cops, especially when there's a good chance they will behave badly. . .

#PoliceAccountability #BodyCams #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #PolMun #PolQC

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SPVM Riot Cops Teargas May Day Protesters Then Charge At Them And Yours Truly Friday May 1 2026

January 24, 2026 at 2:50 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

This is just the most recent SPVM #PoliceBrutality targeting #photographers, videographers, & #journalists documenting #protests.

SPVM #RiotCops have been assaulting William Wilson & other #Montreal photographers-videographers for about 2 years now.

#SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL

A belligerent SPVM riot cop violently shoves Montréal photographer & "police watchdog" Robin Edgar during the March 15th 2025 protest against police brutality.

Montreal photographer & "police watchdog" Robin Edgar hits the pavement after being violently shoved to the ground by a belligerent SPVM riot cop during the March 15th 2025 protest against police brutality.

A protester holds a sign saying:

BEATING US AND GASSING US DOESN'T SCARE US, NOR SILENCE US. WE'RE ANGRY

during the March 15th 2025 protest against police brutality in Montreal.

A Facebook post saying:

SPVM COPS REPRESS RIGHTS & FREESDOMS CANADIAN SOLDIERS FOUGHT & DIED FOR

September 21, 2026 at 4:49 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Good question.

This #SeniorCitizen aka #OKBoomer, who has lived in #Montreal since the early 1960s, is #AbsolutelyNOT surprised by the most recent #SPVM racism scandal.

#Racism #SystemicRacism #RacialProfiling #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL #PolQC #QCpoli

June 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Speaking of #fascists. . .

Here in #Montréal, the following French language chant can be heard during some protests, especially protests against #PoliceHarassment, #PoliceRepression, and #PoliceBrutality.

La police
au service
des riches
et les fascistes

#SPVM #MonSPVM #COBP #manifencours #15mars

February 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

"CBC News reviewed photos of the aftermath of the incident, showing people struggling to overcome the effects of the #PepperSpray. . ."

I recommend #FilmingThePolice in such situations, especially when the #police are being #UNprofessional & #abusive.

#SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #FilmThePolice #PolMTL

June 24, 2026 at 11:31 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

"The frequency of violent police interventions at political demonstrations has led to a disturbing trend: people are becoming afraid of the consequences associated with political expression.”

Isn't that the main point of violent #PoliceRepression of protests?

#SPVM #MySPVM #MonSPVM #PolMTL #CMMTL

June 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

I "namecalled" the 2 #SPVM #RiotCops who gratuitously assaulted me while I was documenting Montreal's #MayDay #WorkersRights protest on May 1st "assholes".

Was that an insult or accurate description?

#PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence #MonSPVM #MySPVM #ManifEnCours #PolMTL

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Robin Edgar @robinedgar59.bsky.social · May 2

SPVM riot cops tear-gassed & charged #MayDay protesters at the corner of Bleury street & Mayor street.

Two #RiotCops decided I needed to be roughed up too. . .

Bravo SPVM!

#PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence #SPVM #MonSPVM #MySPVM #ManifEnCours #PolMTL #May1st #1ermai
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Kh...

WSC | Montreal 🌎🌟🍁 on Instagram: "Better angle of the arrest near Berri-Uqam this morning👀😳"

June 11, 2026 at 1:32 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Le type a surtout l'air très agile. . . 😉

Il est chanceux qu'il n'a pas été écrasé entre les deux autos patrouille du SPVM sur le trottoir.

#SPVM #MonSPVM #MySPVM #PolMTL #MTLpoli #CMMTL #PolQC #QCpoli #ViolencePolicière #ViolencesPolicières #BavuresPolicières

www.instagram.com/p/DTQrDFtjym...

2,433 likes, 423 comments - wsc.montreal on January 8, 2026: "Better angle of the arrest near Berri-Uqam this morning👀😳".

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January 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

Comprenez-vous que le sous-texte non-écrit de votre texte est que Projet Montréal n'est PAS "un vrai Parti de gauche anticapitaliste et écologiste" en ce moment?

Je suis d'accord. . .

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#ProjetMontréal #ProjetMTL #GaucheCaviar #PolMTL #CMMTL #SPVM #MonSPVM #15mars #1ermai

Robin Edgar @robinedgar59.bsky.social · Mar 18

I asked #Montréal mayor #ValériePlante 2 questions about ongoing #SPVM #PoliceRepression of #FreedomOfExpression & #PressFreedom during tonight's city council meeting, & got more evasive "canned answers" from François Limoges.

#MySPVM #MonSPVM #15mars #PolMTL #CMMTL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYj...

2025-03-17 13 H 00 - Conseil municipal Montréal

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