Shaking things up in Blainville, Quebec

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Blainville police arrested 18 young people, including 10 minors following a riot in Maurice Tessier Park in the night from Saturday to Sunday.

Around midnight, some 200 young people refused to leave the festival "Blainville party." They subsequently overturned a police car before setting it on fire.

The police had to deploy a platoon of crowd control. The youths threw various objects such as beer bottles and bricks to the police. A policeman was even attacked by cayenne pepper.

The riot eventually ended at 2am. To carry out its intervention, the police had to call in Blainville reinforcing the Sûreté du Québec, the police board Thérèse-de-Blainville, as well as police from the cities of St. Jerome, St. Eustache and Mirabel.

Youth arrested are accused of participating in a riot, arson, mischief and disturbing the peace. The municipal police opened an investigation to identify the exact causes of the riot.

 

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Here's two english versions of the story that haven't been through google translator:



Police have arrested 19 people after a riot broke out Saturday night during a town celebration in Blanville.

The unrest began after about 200 people attending the Blainville en fete festival refused to leave at the end of an outdoor performance by veteran Drummondville rockers Les Trois Accords.

The rioters flipped a police car on its back and set it on fire. They also tossed objects at police, including bottles.

Local police recruited assistance from the provincial SQ police as well as a combination of other nearby local forces.

Ten of the 19 arrested were minors and all were all aged between 14 and 22.

At the peak of the conflict about 1,000 youth were pitted against about 80 officers.

Police arrested one suspect after he was identified by images posted on social media sites and intend to make several more arrests, possibly through the same method.

The riot was brought to an end at around 2 a.m. and all arrested were freed on the condition that they return to court to face charges, which will likely include participating in a riot, mischief and arson.

There was no alcohol at the event, officially at least. A city representative later confessed, however, that many young people appeared to have brought their own beer.

"We had a lot of cans of beer on the ground and on the sidewalk," said city representative Yves Meunier.

Blainville is a city of about 55,000 that sits about 30 km north of downtown Montreal.

Rioters clash with police in Blainville, 19 arrested | CTV Montreal News

200 rioters in Blainville, Que., set police car on fire - Montreal - CBC News

I do hope there was gratuitous use of pepper spray, batons and tasers on these yutes. The parents of the minors should be made to pay for the damage while their useless spawn work off their community service cleaning up ditches.

The so-called 'adults' here, after paying for their own damage costs, should do about 30 days in lock up.