The SPVM concealed that it recently purchased an AI program that allows it to surveil citizens in public spaces. Alex helpfully places this move in a longer history in which the SPVM refuses to tell the public - and elected officials - what tech it uses. pivot.quebec/2025/12/08/i...

It's copadandize the children season. For the second year in a row, the SWAT team rappelled down the face of the Montreal Children's Hospital and then went inside to distribute gifts. Many hospital staff have criticized this training/PR exercise, but they've been ignored.

It's really frustrating to see Red Coalition, a group that opposes racial profiling, call for police body cameras and claim they increase "the chances of [victims] getting justice." They simply don't. globalnews.ca/news/1155854...

Just in time for debates about 2026 police budgets: a CBC article that turns a *decline* in violent crime on public transit in 2024 into a headline about *rising* violence across Canada. The graphs are from the article itself.

The scandal is that we're asking cops to teach youth about consent in the first place. Like why???

The Guardian reports "the US is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a 'green zone' under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start, and a 'red zone' to be left in ruins." It's "strategic hamlets" (Vietnam war) all over again.

If we needed more evidence that Projet Montréal isn't a left-wing party, this tweet captures it. Mamdani has never emphasized equity or inclusion (liberal concepts), but the redistribution of wealth and power from the wealthy to the working class (in all its diversity).

The ability of police to present themselves as victims is incredible. The SPVM was a mess under Pichet, the city decided it couldn't fire him, so he was paid $400K/year to do nothing. He now won a case against the city, where the "harassment" is being paid to do nothing.

A breakdown of the preliminary results of the election.

"Whoever wins the election, I hope Transition’s platform encourages Montrealers to revisit ingrained assumptions. Public safety is not a synonym for police, and there are ways of addressing problems like racial profiling that can actually create a safer city for everyone."

It's wild how little the candidates in this election have talked about, or been asked about, police racism and violence. The SPVM has killed five people since the last election and a Superior Court judge found the city responsible for encouraging racial profiling. No big deal.

Journalists and communicators can shift coverage and provide context to help counter copaganda. Our latest online resource⬆️ is a guide for how journalists/communicators can deal with law enforcement disinformation. It expands on our “Don’t Be A Copagandist” guide series, which you can find here:

Ensemble Montréal has repeatedly said that "according to the most recent statistics," Montreal is the only large city in Canada to see housing starts decline three years in a row. The claim is based on 2024 data ... but we're in the fall of 2025. Here's the most recent data:

Projet Montréal's 20-20-20 policy on new condo developments is constantly described as a "failure." It's not. In practice, it requires condo developers to pay into a fund, which is then used by the city to buy land and rental units - and to turn them into social housing. 1/6

Why are police brotherhoods and certain activists demanding police body cams - for radically different reasons? This article looks at how body cam companies, police groups, and pro-police politicians have spread the lie that the technology reduces police violence.

The propaganda effort at CBS News has begun in full force. There's this absurd hit piece saying his election would cause a large exodus at the NYPD.

the war on drugs is a weapon of state power its not about drugs

Pourquoi les fraternités de policiers et certains militants réclament-ils des caméras corporelles ? Je retrace l’histoire des caméras ici, en montrant comment une tech qui renforce le pouvoir et l’impunité policière en est venue à être vendue comme une réforme. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

The two old Montreal parties are promising exactly the same police "reforms": body cameras and mixed squads (police + social workers). The first policy is demanded by the police brotherhoods to increase police power and impunity. The second just wrecks community work.

Two years of this. Two years of genocide, two years of rising fascism, two years of the tortured justifications and self-destruction of western liberalism, and two years, finally, of Palestinians showing the way to the liberation of all peoples. Free Palestine.

The mayor of Longueuil, Catherine Fournier, was asked what she would do to stop police violence. She replied that we need to trust our public institutions and that she "reiterates [her] full support and confidence in the police, who are extremely affected and shaken" right now.

What exactly is the difference between Airbnb and an organized crime group? What would happen if a mafia don said, "I'm not gonna tell my hitmen to stop killing people, it's up to the police to arrest them"?

crisis prevention > crisis intervention reallocate police spending to improve people's material conditions mediacoop.ca/node/119306

The killing of Nooran is another reminder of how policing today operates through routine terror and violence *and* community outreach, dialogue, and inclusion. If you missed it, I explained how this works in Montreal, as best I could, in this interview with MAKC.

"If we are serious about reducing police violence, contact with armed officers must fall. That means defunding: reallocating money from police budgets to services that prevent harm and resolve conflict without guns." Excellent editorial from The Link. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/edit...

Quand même hein... TOUS les jeunes ont des sacs à dos... alors on fait quoi... on les tire tous proactivement au cas où?? Que ce discours est honteux!

«La police s’active à influencer le récit médiatique pour que le public ait davantage peur des jeunes que des flics.» Texte d'Alexandre Popovic à lire absolument dans Pivot. pivot.quebec/2025/09/29/g...

Tout le monde en parle, the most-watched TV show in Quebec, invited pro-cop reporter Pascal Robidas and ex-cop André Gélinas to talk about the killing of Nooran. Here's a lovely insight from Gélinas: "we know that gang members carry weapons in manpurses, backpacks ..."

Somehow this is normal. A reckless, racist cop harasses and threatens Nooran and his friends for months before finally killing him – and leaving a community in grief and terror. When the community calls a march for Nooran, the police show up to terrorize them again.

Une pétition demeure symbolique, mais les symboles sont importants en ce moment. Merci de partager et de signer. Merci de commenter cette publication pour qu'un maximum de personne la voit. Justice pour Nooran.

A pathetic display by the SPVM riot squad at yesterday's march for Nooran. "No riot? No problem. We'll deploy anyway and see if we can provoke one."

"Longueuil police force is the embodiment of police reform, the 'avant-garde' of community-oriented policing." "It was this police force, a reformed police force, that burdened Black and Arab people with oppressive police stops [..] and that finally killed Nooran." #Quebec #Canada #Policing

If Godzilla were a realistic movie, there would be a bunch of liberals running around calling for multi-species training and reptile-worn cameras.

It's interesting that Longueuil police are suddenly able to detect when people "intend to provoke confrontations" because that's what Nooran's killer was reportedly doing for months, and the police force either didn't know or didn't care.

La mort par balle de Nooran Rezayi par la police devrait remettre en question l’excellente image publique dont jouit la police de Longueuil et le rôle joué par d’innombrables journalistes et élus dans la création de cette image. Mon texte dans Le Rover.

The police killing of a Nooran Renzayi on Sunday should call into question the sterling public image of the Longueuil police force and the role of countless reporters and elected officials in creating this image. My take on the latest senseless death in The Rover.

So far the only person who has faced any consequences for the killing of Nooran is a 15 year-old, who was arrested for posting something mean about the police on Insta. Nooran's killer is home on "sick leave," which, since he's not sick, is another way of saying "paid vacation."

Nous offrons nos plus sincères condoléances à la famille et aux proches de Nooran Rezayi. Nous réclamons vérité, justice, réparation. #defundthepolice #definancerlapolice #copwatch #racisme #spvl #justicepourNooran

This is the moment from a meeting of the Ville-Marie borough council where Robert Beaudry and his Projet Montréal colleagues decided to block an event permit for the annual Defund the Police Festival. A 🧵 on the carceral "progressivism" of Beaudry and Projet Montréal ...

Here's how the Longueuil police analyzes police stops. I don't want to nitpick, but "biological affinity" is not a thing. We stopped talking about biological races after WWII because they don't exist. Also, "Oriental" is a surprising term to hear for someone under 90 years old.

Stéphane Wall, the retired cop and current police consultant who is always interviewed after a police killing, demonstrates rule #1 and #2 of copaganda in this interview about the killing of Nooran Rezayi,

The Longueuil police killed an unarmed 15 year-old on Sunday, Nooram Rezayi. The police were reportedly responding to a call about a group of racialized youth in the suburban neighbourhood, all of whom dispersed when the police arrived - except for Nooram. 1/

One of the key ways you refuse to comply with fascism is by becoming even louder and more fearless in supporting vulnerable people. You SHOW that you are unwilling to throw the "undesirables" under the bus if only for self-preservation because under fascism you will also become undesirable one day.

Our response to this copaganda should always be the same: how will locking someone in a cell, subjecting them to increased violence and isolation, and further undermining their access to employment and housing when they're released help to prevent harm from reoccurring?

How do you “come to the table” with the colonial regime that did this to you?

Ensemble Montréal's star candidate, Claude Pinard, gave a long interview in today's Gazette. It's a blast from the past. “We want to bring back an agility, a performance mindset, innovation. That’s very important to me.” It's like a young Republican running for student council in the 1980s.

Transition Montréal is the first party to take a position on Israel's genocide that reflects the feelings of most Montrealers. With a nod to Jean Doré's position on South African Apartheid in the 80s, Transition will implement a divestment plan targeting Israel and Russia. Bravo.

Ensemble Montréal's decision to bring Leslie Roberts into the party should be seen for what it is: an attempt to establish itself as the most anti-Palestinian party in the campaign. Roberts hasn't distinguished himself in any other way but his attacks on Palestine solidarity.

Festival Defund la Police Discussion avec l’auteur à l’occasion de la parution de La caméra d’intervention d’Alec Karakatsanis avec Ricardo Lamour ; animation Ted Rutland Dim. 21 sept. 15h 曲意中心跳舞学校 École de danse et culture chinoise 1012 Clark / Chinatown de Tiohtià:ke ruedorion.ca/la-camera-di...