Mcgill releases report on November 10 incident

The investigation into the clash between police and protesters on November 10^th at Mcgill University is now complete. 

November 10^th was Quebec’s province-wide day of action against proposed tuition hikes. Around 30 thousand people protested on the streets of Montreal peacefully. But as the protest wound down riot police were deployed on McGill campus. They were responding to a call from the University to bring in police.

The 60-page report was written by Mcgill’s dean of the Law Faculty Daniel Jutras. He writes that the school did not call riot police even though around a hundred of them came.

Professors and students claimed that they were clubbed and pepper sprayed by the riot police.

The Concordia Student Union denounced the police response in a statement voted in by council late last month.

The report made six recommendations to improve communication between the university and the police.

Mcgill’s principal refused to comment until the beginning of the new year.

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