{"id":2140,"date":"2009-02-22T02:23:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T07:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/02\/22\/city-set-to-abandon-anti-mask-law-project\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:05:24","slug":"city-set-to-abandon-anti-mask-law-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/02\/22\/city-set-to-abandon-anti-mask-law-project\/","title":{"rendered":"City set to abandon anti-mask law project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wjpbennett\/2461907205\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3209\/2461907205_79c2af62d8.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a wise move, the city seems as though it is about to give up its push to ban face masks at demonstrations. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/actualites\/regional\/montreal\/200902\/20\/01-829548-masque-dans-les-manifestations-la-ville-fait-volte-face.php\">La Presse reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>L&#8217;amendement du r\u00e8glement avait suscit\u00e9 de vives protestations de la part de groupes de d\u00e9fense des droits de la personne qui craignent que la r\u00e9glementation m\u00e8ne \u00e0 des d\u00e9rapages de la part des autorit\u00e9s polici\u00e8res.\u00abDepuis quelques semaines, beaucoup d&#8217;individus et de groupes nous ont fait conna\u00eetre leurs appr\u00e9hensions sur certains volets de l&#8217;amendement propos\u00e9\u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Claude Dauphin par voie de communiqu\u00e9, hier apr\u00e8s-midi.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abL&#8217;ensemble de nos \u00e9changes nous a permis de constater que certains aspects du r\u00e8glement demeurent impr\u00e9cis. Comme notre objectif est de fournir de bons outils \u00e0 nos policiers qui auront \u00e0 appliquer ce r\u00e8glement et aux tribunaux \u00e0 le sanctionner, il nous appara\u00eet important de r\u00e9examiner notre projet d&#8217;amendement et de le soumettre \u00e0 nouveau \u00e0 la Commission de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique pour une nouvelle \u00e9valuation.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Bien qu&#8217;il ait \u00e9t\u00e9 accueilli favorablement, le report du vote n&#8217;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 comme une victoire par les groupes de pression qui militent depuis plusieurs semaines contre le projet.<\/p>\n<p>Lors d&#8217;un point de presse organis\u00e9 par la Ligue des droits et libert\u00e9s hier apr\u00e8s-midi, plusieurs organismes comme la CSN, le Centre de recherche-action sur les relations raciales et le Collectif pour la d\u00e9fense des droits en sant\u00e9 mentale de Montr\u00e9al ont d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 la d\u00e9cision de la Ville de ne pas avoir abandonn\u00e9 le projet d&#8217;amendement devant l&#8217;opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abImaginez une marche de la paix au Moyen-Orient o\u00f9 les femmes ne peuvent pas porter le foulard ou une manifestation contre la pollution de l&#8217;air o\u00f9 les manifestants ne peuvent illustrer le probl\u00e8me en portant des masques \u00e0 gaz\u00bb, a comment\u00e9 Fo Niemi, du Centre de recherche-action sur les relations raciales.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fagstein.com\/2009\/01\/16\/montreal-ban-on-ski-masks\/\">its opponents have pointed out<\/a>, such a law would be too vague to be of any practical use, acting mostly a blunt instrument with which police can arbitrarily target protesters. More than that, though, you have to question the logic of banning face masks in a city gripped by winter for much of the year. How can you expect anyone to protest in January if they aren&#8217;t allowed to wrap a scarf around their face?<\/p>\n<p><i>Photo by mtlp<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a wise move, the city seems as though it is about to give up its push to ban face masks at demonstrations. 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