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June 18th: Solidarity Picket: Justice For Anas! 

FOR ACCESS TO ALL INFORMATIONREGARDING THE DEATH OF MOHAMED ANAS BENNIS, A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THEEVENTS OF DECEMBER 1ST 2005, AND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY ANDIMPUNITY!

OVER A YEAR OF SILENCE AND SECRECY - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

• Come support the Bennis family in their struggle for justice!
• Speak out against the secrecy and contempt that has surroundedthis case and protest police impunity!
• Protest against the fact that Montreal police will now bepatrolling the metro system armed with taser guns!

On December 1st, 2005 -- more than one year ago -- police officerBernier from Station 25 shot and killed Anas Bennis, a 25-year oldCanadian of Moroccan heritage. Anas was killed outside a neighborhoodmosque at the corner of Côte-des-Neiges and Kent, just minutesfrom his home.

The police claim that Anas had attacked them with a kitchen knife, butover a year later they have failed to produce either the knife, thesecurity video which filmed the events leading to Anas' death, or proofof the injuries that officer Bernier supposedly sustained. Despitetheir efforts, the Bennis family has not been able to see this evidenceor to receive copies of the prosecutor's report or the police reportregarding Anas' death.

As Minister of Public Security and newly appointed Minister of Justice,Jacques Dupuis has the power to release the police and prosecutor'sreports to the Bennis family and to the public.

Join us in demanding an end to this cover-up, and in reiterating ourdemand for JUSTICE!

Also on this day, June 18th 2007, Montreal police officers will beginpatrolling the metro armed with tasers, guns which produce anelectrical shock. Tasers have already caused at least 200 deaths inCanada and the United States. How many people must die before thegovernment stops protecting violent cops?


WE DEMAND:

1. the immediate release of all reports, evidence and informationconcerning the death of Anas Bennis to the Bennis family and to thepublic;
2. a full, public and independent inquiry into the death of AnasBennis;
3. an end to police brutality and impunity.

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The flier for this event isavailable for download as a 1.9 meg PDF file.

The Justice for Anas Coalition
514.342.2111
justicepouranas@gmail.com