Montreal to pay $6 million, apologize to settle protest class-action lawsuits | 24CA News

The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a $6-million settlement that may finish 16 class-action lawsuits towards the City of Montreal by protesters who say their rights had been violated by police.

An estimated 3,119 individuals who had been encircled by police throughout numerous protests between 2012 and 2015 and arrested or detained shall be eligible for fee.

The City of Montreal will even put up an apology to the protesters on its web site for 90 days.

The demonstrations included marches related to college students towards tuition will increase, in addition to with variety of different causes, together with police brutality and a metropolis bylaw limiting protests.

Plaintiffs claimed that the indiscriminate mass detentions and arrests had been unlawful and prevented residents from exercising their elementary rights.

The settlement shall be divided equally among the many members of the category actions, minus authorized charges and prices.