Video shows Montreal police pepper spraying bar patrons during protest melee

Protesters watch a fire during a demonstration in Montreal, Saturday, May 19, 2012. A plan to restore order in Montreal appeared to erupt in smoke late Saturday, with a fiery blockades blazing on busy downtown streets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

MONTREAL - A day after a violent protest ending in a series of street fires, police came under criticism Sunday over an altercation caught on video that shows patrons on a bar patio getting pepper sprayed.

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Protesters start a fire during a demonstration in Montreal;Saturday;May 19;2012. A plan to restore order in Montreal appeared to erupt in smoke late Saturday;with a fiery blockades blazing on busy downtown streets.

Video: Montreal police pepper spraying bar patrons during protest melee

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Quebec Premier Jean Charest responds to Oppositoin questions on an expected emergency law on tuition hikes as Education Minister Michelle Courchesne;centre;and Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Yvon Vallierres sit by his side during question period Thursday;May 17;2012 at the legislature in Quebec City.

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Protesters in front of Montreal City Hall demonstrating against the anti-mask bill that will ban protesters from wearing a mask while demonstrating and was passed on Friday;May 18;2012.

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Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay speaks during a news conference in Montreal, Friday, May 18, 2012, after the city adopted a new bylaw banning the wearing of masks during demonstrations which will come into effect on Saturday May 19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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In June 2011;Montreal police officers shot a homeless man;Mario Hamel;during a public disturbance and their gunfire also struck Patrick Limoges;who happened to be walking by on his way to work at a nearby hospital.

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2 - Female;caucasian;about 25 years of age with dark hair. Wearing a black sweater;¾-length trousers (possibly leggings);a pale coloured dress and brown shoes with a beige coloured shoulder bag.

3 - Female;caucasian;about 25 years of age with brown hair. Wearing a bright green hoodie with white writing on the front;black trousers;possibly a black skirt showing under the sweatshirt and grey sneakers. Black shoulder bag.

Montreal metro smoke bomb suspects released on bail

Three of the four suspects in last week's smoke-bombing incidents in the Montreal metro were release...

Justice Marie Deschamps is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada. Deschamps will step down in August after a decade on the court. Deschamps is shown being sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice during a ceremony in the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa Monday;Sept. 30;2002.

Supreme Court loses third veteran judge in a year with Deschamps departure

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Situated on the main floor;the dining room seats eighteen;with solid wood herringbone floors with figurative inlays;custom built-ins;decorative ceilings and water views.

Céline Dion to sell family home north of Montreal

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