Tuesday, October 07, 2008

On This Day- Montreal's Night of Terror

I don't know why I have no knowledge of this event - I lived in Montreal and was certainly old enough to have seen it in the news.
Montreal is in a state of shock. A police officer is dead and 108 people have been arrested following 16 hours of chaos during which police and firefighters refused to work. At first, the strike's impact was limited to more bank robberies than normal. But as night fell, a taxi drivers' union seized upon the police absence to violently protest a competitor's exclusive right to airport pickups. The result, according to this CBC Television special, was a 'night of terror.'

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