The president of McGill University says officials have called for police assistance after pro-Palestinian protesters refused to dismantle their encampment on the university’s downtown Montreal campus.

“Having to resort to police authority is a gut-wrenching decision for any university president,” Saini said. “It is, by no means, a decision that I take lightly or quickly. In the present circumstances, however, I judged it necessary.”

Lawyer Neil Oberman, who represents McGill students Gabriel Medvedovsky and Raihaana Adira, is set to ask a judge for a provisional injunction against the encampment on Tuesday afternoon.

The injunction request, expected to be filed at the Montreal courthouse at 2 p.m., will target groups currently protesting on campus, according to Oberman. McGill University is named as an interested party in the case.

  • psvrh
    7·
    2 months ago

    Maybe the protestors should show up in financed Dodge Rams? Set up some bouncy castles?

    That–as well as being overtly protofascist–seems to do wonders for keeping the police away.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    “Encampments on campus property are outside of protected parameters, especially when they’re presented as indefinite in term, and when many participants are not members of our university community,” the statement reads.

    Shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, a McGill security staff member gave a “final warning,” to demonstrators who have been on the university’s lower field since Saturday.

    Lawyer Neil Oberman, who represents McGill students Gabriel Medvedovsky and Raihaana Adira, is set to ask a judge for a provisional injunction against the encampment on Tuesday afternoon.

    The plaintiffs allege the groups have “created an environment of hate on campus,” which they say has made them uncomfortable to attend classes and exams.

    On Tuesday morning, a spokesperson for Montreal police said that “no crime is being committed” at the encampment and the situation is a civil matter.

    Police on motorcycles parked near McGill on Tuesday afternoon, but the protesters appeared unfazed, handing out coffee outside of the encampment.

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    • AnotherDirtyAnglo
      3·
      2 months ago

      I don’t think these management types understand what a protest is. It’s meant to be uncomfortable. It sure as shit isn’t a luxury vacation for those doing the protesting in the tents, especially with the near-0c temperatures and rain.

      If you don’t like people in tents, consider what it’s like to be living in Gaza right now.