« Occupy Halifax » affronte la police – 12 novembre 2011

Halifax protesters want mayor to resign over eviction

ctv.ca

Sat Nov 12,

CTVNews.ca Staff

Protesters with the Occupy movement in Halifax called on the city’s mayor to resign Saturday after demonstrators who had camped out at a public park were evicted in a testy clash with police.

A few hundred protesters rallied outside city hall Saturday, chanting « Peter Kelly has got to go » and demanding that both the mayor and the city’s chief of police explain Friday’s events.

Protesters who had relocated their camp from Grande Parade, a downtown square, to Victoria Park to make way for Remembrance Day ceremonies were served notice early Friday that they would have to leave.

Fourteen people were arrested, and many were charged with obstruction of justice for clashes with police as they tried to dismantle the dozens of tents.

Protest organizer Kyle Buott said protesters were given a few hours to clear out of the park.

« The mayor ordering a peaceful, democratic protest removed on Remembrance Day, which celebrates the veterans who fought for democratic freedoms in the first place, is absolutely shameful, » he told The Canadian Press. Read more…