Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.

Wow, I thought it was only American cops that had the naked audacity to try and hassle/harass people who were LEGALLY taking photos of them.

You have EVERY RIGHT to photograph the police people.

The more of us that do it the better and we might, just might start to see them being held accountable and or change their behavior.

Oh_Enough_Already: You have EVERY RIGHT to photograph the police people.

And the police have every right to arrest or ticket you for any minor infraction of the law. It makes no difference if they choose to cite other people who are committing the same crime. It makes no difference if you are actually guilty of the crime, that's for the judge to decide.

The police also have a right to shoot you if they feel like it.

Where's the Ha Ha guy when you need him?

Ha Ha! Your Police State sucks!

MemeSlave: Where's the Ha Ha guy when you need him?

Ha Ha! Your Police State sucks!

That statement bites itself in the ass.

The Montreal police are probably all jumpy after the riots earlier this week.

Plus, they need to raise $$$ to pay off for those squad cars that got torched and smushed.

The police also have a right the ability to shoot you if they feel like it.

Alright, so now we have Canadia on board with the authoritarian kick. Welcome!

In Texas Russia, the ledge sits on you.

Is that $628 Canadian?

But that's $628 Canadian which it means in real US money its like $25,468.

wildrufus: Is that $628 Canadian?

Yeah, i know. I couldn't imagine being fined $800US for sitting on a ledge.

Psychotropic: It makes no difference if they choose to cite other people who are committing the same crime.

Dude.. this wall is not far outside my office.. I've sat there, along with the hundreds of other people do as well..

FTA
The purpose of the granite surfaces at Émilie Gamelin Park is to have people sit on them, said Montreal architect Gavin Affleck, a specialist in urban spaces.

Yea! Another police-hate thread! Two in one day!

MemeSlave: Ha Ha! Your Police State sucks!

Hey MemeSlave. I have to say something here because I sense a certain degree of hostility coming from you in many of your posts...

Did you ever see the movie "Kelley's Heros"?. You know, Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, and Donald Southerland. Fun movie, right? And Southerland's character is this kind of whacked out guy on the tank and his driver mechanic is the captain from The Love Boat. Yeah, his name escapes me but in Kelley's Heros his name is Moriarty and he's always biatching and moaning about shiat. And Southerland (who is referred to in the movie as "Oddball") is always ragging on the Love Boat Guy for being negative. "Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves," he says.

So I just wanted to point out that I have noticed that you seem to be laying down the negative waves, and I would entreat you to think beautiful things man, think beautiful things.

Psychotropic: Oh_Enough_Already: You have EVERY RIGHT to photograph the police people.

And the police have every right to arrest or ticket you for any minor infraction of the law. It makes no difference if they choose to cite other people who are committing the same crime. It makes no difference if you are actually guilty of the crime, that's for the judge to decide.

The police also have a right to shoot you if they feel like it.

You had me until the last part. 2/10.

How many bad cop threads are coming today?

This should cause quite a conundrum for the Canada apologists...

/Though the person arrested was probably an aborigine, so that would be ok then...

docmattic: The Montreal police are probably all jumpy after the riots earlier this week.

Counted at least 30 swat on a 10 block hike during last nights game..

Pictures...
We need Da Pictures

OlafTheBent:
Don't fark with the cops in la Belle Province.

/... trust me.

I'm surprised they didn't send an undercover officer (wearing police boots) to encourage him sit on the ledge, and when he refused to, harass and provoke him to do it.

"Affleck said the fine is ironic because it penalizes "successful multi-use" of a low-lying wall."

NOT IRONIC

I'm surprised he didn't get a ticket for speaking English as well.

While I applaud the cops who shot that lowlife outside of the nightclub, it's things like this that ruin my perception of them.

Its funny how the article goes on to somewhat ignore the police harassment and determine if the ledge was actually intended for sitting.

hachijuhachi: Yea! Another police-hate thread! Two in one day!

Sucks when a handful of pig-cops ruin for the rest of the good, hardworking and honorable ones. Maybe these honorable ones should take some responsibility and shut the assholes down.

johnny_vegas: This should cause quite a conundrum for the Canada apologists...

/Though the person arrested was probably an aborigine, so that would be ok then...

No way. Quebec cops are the LAPD of Canada.

Psychotropic: Oh_Enough_Already: You have EVERY RIGHT to photograph the police people.

And the police have every right to arrest or ticket you for any minor infraction of the law. It makes no difference if they choose to cite other people who are committing the same crime. It makes no difference if you are actually guilty of the crime, that's for the judge to decide.

The police also have a right to shoot you if they feel like it.

It should have stopped right there. It's sort of like the free speech phrase people keep throwing around. You can say stupid shiat, but that also means people can call you on your stupid shiat.

wh0mprat: No way. Quebec cops are the LAPD of Canada.

I didn't know that..

Have any of you ever been to Montreal? There are roving bands of homeless teenagers begging for money. They are homeless because they think its cooler to be living on the street than to be a part of "the man's" society, yet they ask you for money!

hachijuhachi: Yea! Another police-hate thread! Two in one day!

YOu know, 99% of cops ruin it for the rest of them.

rf134a: I'm surprised he didn't get a ticket for speaking English as well.

He probably did.

wh0mprat: Quebec cops are the LAPD of Canada.

Only MUCH hotter, I'd get pics but I'm in jail.

wildfrus: Is that $628 Canadian?

Yup.. so that's like, what, $5000 in green play-money?

/yes both dollars are about equal these days
//doesn't care

He'll beat the rap. Caps can ticket you for whatever they think is appropriate... it's the Judge (Justice o'the peace, in this case) that decides your fate. Fark the cops, especially "la surete" dans la Belle Province. Fark them right in the ear.

Oh_Enough_Already
Wow, I thought it was only American cops that had the naked audacity to try and hassle/harass people who were LEGALLY taking photos of them.

Nope, authority figures everywhere abuse their power. This is human nature. You'll get over it.

psperl: Have any of you ever been to Montreal? There are roving bands of homeless teenagers begging for money. They are homeless because they think its cooler to be living on the street than to be a part of "the man's" society, yet they ask you for money!

They tried to make a go of it in Toronto too, these extra filthy virulent squeegee people. They didn't last long.

Psychotropic: Oh_Enough_Already: You have EVERY RIGHT to photograph the police people.

And the police have every right to arrest or ticket you for any minor infraction of the law. It makes no difference if they choose to cite other people who are committing the same crime. It makes no difference if you are actually guilty of the crime, that's for the judge to decide.

The police also have a right to shoot you if they feel like it.

Yeah I know, don't feed the trolls, but I'd like to quote this fool just to point out an important fact. Since the police singled him out and ticketed nobody else he will easily get fine dismissed. He can make the argument it was some sort of prejudice and be done with it easily. Seeing as how there are architects saying the ledge is meant to be used as a bench thats a moot point I suppose.

BigDumbGuy: MemeSlave: Ha Ha! Your Police State sucks!

Hey MemeSlave. I have to say something here because I sense a certain degree of hostility coming from you in many of your posts...

Did you ever see the movie "Kelley's Heros"?. You know, Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, and Donald Southerland. Fun movie, right? And Southerland's character is this kind of whacked out guy on the tank and his driver mechanic is the captain from The Love Boat. Yeah, his name escapes me but in Kelley's Heros his name is Moriarty and he's always biatching and moaning about shiat. And Southerland (who is referred to in the movie as "Oddball") is always ragging on the Love Boat Guy for being negative. "Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves," he says.

So I just wanted to point out that I have noticed that you seem to be laying down the negative waves, and I would entreat you to think beautiful things man, think beautiful things.

The bridge will be there...

/the bridge between seemingly incompatible things suddenly being brought together in perfect harmony.

psperl: There are roving bands of homeless teenagers begging for money. They are homeless because they think its cooler to be living on the street than to be a part of "the man's" society, yet they ask you for money!

They're not from here usually.. I've talked to most of them, kids from the east coast who are bored, move here in spring, leave in fall. Homeless,.. not usually.

trollus_and_cressida: But that's $628 Canadian which it means in real US money its like $25,468.

Tartha De Tear: wildrufus: Is that $628 Canadian?

Yeah, i know. I couldn't imagine being fined $800US for sitting on a ledge.

You do know the Canadian dollar and US are neck and neck yes? And that the Canadian was worth more a while back... or are you just ignorant?

Canada is much like China when you try to point out the flaws of their government.

Mattyb710: Psychotropic: Oh_Enough_Already: You have EVERY RIGHT to photograph the police people.

And the police have every right to arrest or ticket you for any minor infraction of the law. It makes no difference if they choose to cite other people who are committing the same crime. It makes no difference if you are actually guilty of the crime, that's for the judge to decide.

The police also have a right to shoot you if they feel like it.

Yeah I know, don't feed the trolls, but I'd like to quote this fool just to point out an important fact. Since the police singled him out and ticketed nobody else he will easily get fine dismissed. He can make the argument it was some sort of prejudice and be done with it easily. Seeing as how there are architects saying the ledge is meant to be used as a bench thats a moot point I suppose.

Yes, but he left, didn't he? Which was pretty much the whole point.

BackAssward: trollus_and_cressida: But that's $628 Canadian which it means in real US money its like $25,468.

Tartha De Tear: wildrufus: Is that $628 Canadian?

Yeah, i know. I couldn't imagine being fined $800US for sitting on a ledge.

You do know the Canadian dollar and US are neck and neck yes? And that the Canadian was worth more a while back... or are you just ignorant?

No, it's just that Canada blows.

/It's why we keep getting cold down here in the states during the winter.

But as a Concordia University student found out Saturday, Montreal police, if they so choose, can hit you with a $628 ticket for nothing more menacing than sitting on a ledge.


"I saw this as an opportunity to observe how police deal with underprivileged people," Jones recounted.

OK. He's an Anglo from out of the province, and he's probably already some sort of social justice do-gooder. The cops could probably smell it on him.

shiat, I want to punch him.

Hey jerkface, you know how police deal with underprivileged people? By putting the boots to them! Don't you watch COPS?