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March 31, 2015

Canada: Student to File Charges After Being Hit in Face with Police Tear Gas Canister 
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In Quebec, an 18-year-old student says she will press charges against a
Quebec City police officer after she was hit in the face by a tear-gas
canister. Naomi Trudeau-Tremblay was participating in protests against
austerity cuts in the provincial budget when an officer fired the
tear-gas canister into her face at point-blank range. She described what
happened.

Naomi Trudeau-Tremblay: "I was gasping for breath. I didn't realize
right away that I was swollen like this. I just put my hands like this.
I was trying to catch my breath, and then I lost consciousness for about
two minutes, not too long. When I got up, I touched my face and felt
that it was burned."

 

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