Montreal police disperse McGill pro-Palestinian protesters with tear gas
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Montreal police used tear gas to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill university after they barricaded themselves in the administration building as part of a "global call to action."
Montreal police (SPVM) used tear gas to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill university after they barricaded themselves in the administration building as part of a "global call to action."
The Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) McGill said that they entered the James Administration Building "demanding McGill cut ties with genocide."
Police in riot gear confronted the crowd outside of the building and fired tear gas in an effort to disperse the crowd shortly after 7 p.m.
The crowd reformed shortly after and began using shelves and other items to build a barricade between themselves and police.
Police then used tear gas and pepper spray about 40 minutes later and the crowd dispersed.
The group leading the occupation said that the university has "repressed every institutional channel through which they expressed the student will for a policy against genocide."
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