Sunday saw approximately four hundred people participate in the 13th annual protest, organized by the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality.

The group affirmed that it was protesting against "racial and social profiling" by police and alleged the Montreal police of being routinely violent with street people, those with radical political views and visible minorities.

The event was kicked off at about 2p. m. when Commander Stéphane Bélanger of the Montreal Police sat in an armoured vehicle and declared, over a loudspeaker, to the crowd assembled outside a subway station that they could carry out their protest peacefully and "no offence will be tolerated."

However, the situation took an ugly turn when a small bunch of people, mostly young men with bandanas covering their faces, began hurling things at a line of riot police. Most of them threw vegetables but some were armed with fireworks and some people threw rocks at businesses, including hotels.

In reply, the police had to use tear gas. Two officers were injured in the scuffle. 48 protestors were arrested.