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Vol. 74/No. 32      August 23, 2010

 
Montreal: 200 march
against cop brutality
 
BY ANNETTE KOURI  
MONTREAL—About 200 people marched here August 8 to demand “Justice for Fredy Villanueva” two years after he was killed by Montreal cops. The march began and ended in the park in the Montreal North neighborhood where Villanueva and four other youth, including Fredy Villanueva’s brother Dany were approached by two cops on Aug. 9, 2008. Police officer Jean Lapointe later admitted killing Fredy Villanueva and wounding two other youth, claiming self-defense. All five young people were unarmed.

Lilian Madrid Antunes has led the fight for justice for her son. In a declaration to initiate the action, she said, “I send you this invitation to commemorate the loss of Fredy, to keep his memory alive forever, and to bring the real culprit before justice—that his death doesn’t stay unknown like many others and that never again will a mother suffer like I did and still do.”

Marchers also demanded that Dany Villanueva be allowed to stay in Canada. In the last few months the Immigration Courts have issued a deportation order against him. He is one of the principal witnesses of his brother’s killing.
 
 
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