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Ted Rutland

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Montreal | Prof at Concordia | Author of Out to Defend Ourselves (2023), Il fallait se défendre (2023), Displacing Blackness (2018) | www.tedrutland.com

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
For white reactionaries, Montreal is always on the verge of becoming an American city or Paris - depending on the most significant anti-racist/imperialist struggle of the time. Black resistance? We're becoming Chicago. Palestinian and Arab resistance? Paris.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The SPVM released its new plan to fight systemic racism, and it's the same plan they've had since 1985. The rub is that the *solution* to racism is increasing the presence of the police in the lives of racialized people - to attack them but also to promote "mutual understanding."
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Montreal Police Pressured Community Leaders not to Attend Vigil for Abisay Cruz." Great reporting on the latest example of the police trying to turn community members against each other after a high-profile police killing. therover.ca/montreal-pol...
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Montreal Police Pressured Community Leaders not to Attend Vigil for Abisay Cruz – The Rover
Sources say that while police spoke of listening to community after the killing of Cruz, they took a much harsher line behind the scenes.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
he police are continuing to terrorize the friends of Nooran Rezayi, the 15 year-old the Longueuil police killed last fall. Today, the Montreal police raided several addresses in the south shore suburb as part of their investigation of the youth who were on the street that day.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Montreal transit cop (constable special) charged with assaulting and pepper spraying a Cree man a year ago. You know you messed up when *TVA* points out that giving transit cops pepper spray in 2023 was supposed to deescalate situations.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Great reporting from The Link on the increasingly reckless use of tear gas by Montreal police. They report tear gas was used 41 times in 2023 and 97 times in 2024. Police have gassed people sitting on patios and people trapped in areas with no exit. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/spvm...
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SPVM increase in chemical irritant usage sparks outcry | News
Aggressive and indiscriminate deployment of chemical irritants has Montrealers injured and experts worried.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Montreal police paid $1.8 million to purchase AI video analysis software last year, but refused to name the specific software or company. A student newspaper, The Concordian, did the digging. It's iMotion ROC, a product with scary capabilities.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
«On nous vend l’idée que la police combat la pègre, mais la réalité est plus complexe. Dans les faits, une véritable petite armée de crapules travaille main dans la main avec les flics.» Un autre excellent texte d'Alex Popovic. pivot.quebec/2026/02/16/c...
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Corruption policière : des ripoux à la pelletée
Les pommes pourries ne tombent jamais loin de l’arbre.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
he US-Israeli design for the "Gaza First Planned Community" in Rafah. It's like they asked AI for a generic "neighbourhood unit" drawn from the archive of colonial planning and counter-insurgency.
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Philippe de Grosbois @metronomephil.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Alors que la mairesse de Montréal pousse pour que le SPVM s'équipe de caméras corporelles, cette entrevue met les pendules à l'heure: From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: “Copaganda” Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing www.democracynow.org/2026/1/27/al... cc @tedrutland.bsky.social
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A group that supposedly combats racial profiling is once again calling for Montreal to introduce body cameras - a technology that does NOT reduce racial profiling or hold police accountable. montreal.citynews.ca/2026/01/23/c...
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Coalition presses Montreal to fast-track police body cameras without Quebec funding
A coalition of 23 organizations and 35 individuals is urging Montreal’s Ensemble Montréal administration to begin implementing body-worn cameras for police officers this year, regardless of whether th...
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It's wild to watch Projet Montreal complain that the new administration killed off "participatory budgeting." During a pre-budget survey in 2020, 73% of Montrealers called for defunding the police. Projet ignored the result and removed the question from the next year's survey.
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Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 23/01/2026
« Je ne peux pas contrôler ce qui se passe à travers la planète et qui peut avoir des répercussions sur le budget », avance le chef de police." 🙄
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Citizens lodged an official complaint last year, after media outlets falsely reported that activists set cars on fire during the anti-NATO protests. The result? The Conseil de presse rejected the complaint b/c the false information came from the police. Victory for copaganda!
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
« Le Service de police de la Ville de Montréal a dépensé 60 millions$ plus que prévu l’an passé et demande une augmentation substantielle de son budget pour 2026. Une pratique qui est devenue coutume dans la métropole québécoise». Merci @pivot.quebec pivot.quebec/2026/01/22/l...
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Le SPVM a dépassé son budget de 60 millions $ en 2025
Le service de police de Montréal a, encore l’an dernier, dépensé beaucoup plus d’argent que ce que la Ville lui avait accordé.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm proud of this one. Aaliyah and I trace how urban planning and policing evolved together from the 1970s to the present in North End Halifax, enabling racial violence and displacement through urban design, an increasingly aggressive war on drugs, and "community policing."
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The most ridiculous and deceitful part of the 2026 Montreal budget is the suggestion that police body cameras will be introduced at a capital cost of $40M. The SPVM's own study estimated that using cameras would require hiring 200 more cops and civilian staff - $200M/year.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Montreal's ridiculous police force is expected to go over budget in 2025 by $60M. This happens *every* year. Since 2020, the SPVM has gone over budget by an average of $43M per year. No other police force in Canada goes over budget by more than $1M.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A snapshot of changing priorities at the STM, Montreal's public transit authority. Fewer metro/bus drivers, more security agents ("inspecteurs") and managers.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
La guerre contre les itinérants n'est jamais assez agressive pour les personnalités de Quebecor, pour qui le fait de *voir* deux personnes consommer de la drogue est si traumatisant qu'elles implorent l'aide de Dieu.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It's incredible that you can publish a long story, which is mostly about what the Longueuil police are doing to stop youth violence, and not mention Nooran Rezayi and the wave of police surveillance and repression against racialized youth that led to his killing.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The SPVM concealed that it recently purchased an AI program that allows it to surveil citizens in public spaces. Alex helpfully places this move in a longer history in which the SPVM refuses to tell the public - and elected officials - what tech it uses. pivot.quebec/2025/12/08/i...
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IA au SPVM : la technologie intrusive au service d’une surveillance policière illimitée – Pivot
Chaque fois que la société civile veut en savoir plus, on la traite comme un témoin gênant qu’il faut tenir à distance.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It's copadandize the children season. For the second year in a row, the SWAT team rappelled down the face of the Montreal Children's Hospital and then went inside to distribute gifts. Many hospital staff have criticized this training/PR exercise, but they've been ignored.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
It's really frustrating to see Red Coalition, a group that opposes racial profiling, call for police body cameras and claim they increase "the chances of [victims] getting justice." They simply don't. globalnews.ca/news/1155854...
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Montreal mayor revives debate over police body-worn cameras - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
New mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says her team is working with the police department and the Quebec government to equip frontline officers — with well-established guidelines.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Just in time for debates about 2026 police budgets: a CBC article that turns a *decline* in violent crime on public transit in 2024 into a headline about *rising* violence across Canada. The graphs are from the article itself.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The scandal is that we're asking cops to teach youth about consent in the first place. Like why???
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The Guardian reports "the US is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a 'green zone' under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start, and a 'red zone' to be left in ruins." It's "strategic hamlets" (Vietnam war) all over again.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
If we needed more evidence that Projet Montréal isn't a left-wing party, this tweet captures it. Mamdani has never emphasized equity or inclusion (liberal concepts), but the redistribution of wealth and power from the wealthy to the working class (in all its diversity).
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The ability of police to present themselves as victims is incredible. The SPVM was a mess under Pichet, the city decided it couldn't fire him, so he was paid $400K/year to do nothing. He now won a case against the city, where the "harassment" is being paid to do nothing.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A breakdown of the preliminary results of the election.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"Whoever wins the election, I hope Transition’s platform encourages Montrealers to revisit ingrained assumptions. Public safety is not a synonym for police, and there are ways of addressing problems like racial profiling that can actually create a safer city for everyone."
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
It's wild how little the candidates in this election have talked about, or been asked about, police racism and violence. The SPVM has killed five people since the last election and a Superior Court judge found the city responsible for encouraging racial profiling. No big deal.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Journalists and communicators can shift coverage and provide context to help counter copaganda. Our latest online resource⬆️ is a guide for how journalists/communicators can deal with law enforcement disinformation. It expands on our “Don’t Be A Copagandist” guide series, which you can find here:
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Don’t Be A Copagandist! Series — Interrupting Criminalization
This compilation of resources for media and communicators covering criminalization provide framing and language guidance on a wide range of timely topics.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Ensemble Montréal has repeatedly said that "according to the most recent statistics," Montreal is the only large city in Canada to see housing starts decline three years in a row. The claim is based on 2024 data ... but we're in the fall of 2025. Here's the most recent data:
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Projet Montréal's 20-20-20 policy on new condo developments is constantly described as a "failure." It's not. In practice, it requires condo developers to pay into a fund, which is then used by the city to buy land and rental units - and to turn them into social housing. 1/6
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Why are police brotherhoods and certain activists demanding police body cams - for radically different reasons? This article looks at how body cam companies, police groups, and pro-police politicians have spread the lie that the technology reduces police violence.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/10/2025
The propaganda effort at CBS News has begun in full force. There's this absurd hit piece saying his election would cause a large exodus at the NYPD.
A paused CBS News video features a close-up of a bearded man in a suit speaking outdoors. Video controls are visible over the image. The headline below reads about NYPD officers worrying about someone becoming the NYC mayor. The CBS News channel name and subscriber button appear at the bottom.A news video thumbnail on the Paramount+ website shows a close-up of a bearded man in a suit speaking outdoors, with blurred greenery in the background. Below the image is a headline about NYPD officers expressing concern over a potential NYC mayor. The Paramount+ logo and navigation menu appear at the top.
A CBS News webpage shows a headline about NYPD officers expressing concern over someone potentially becoming New York City mayor. At the top, a news image features NYPD police cars with flashing lights, alongside a headline screenshot from The Free Press. Text below provides a summary of a report discussing police reactions to a political candidate. The CBS News logo and navigation bar are visible at the top.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
the war on drugs is a weapon of state power its not about drugs
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Pourquoi les fraternités de policiers et certains militants réclament-ils des caméras corporelles ? Je retrace l’histoire des caméras ici, en montrant comment une tech qui renforce le pouvoir et l’impunité policière en est venue à être vendue comme une réforme. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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Le retour d’une fausse bonne solution, celle des caméras corporelles
Les caméras ne réduisent pas les violences policières et ne contribuent pas à responsabiliser la police.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The two old Montreal parties are promising exactly the same police "reforms": body cameras and mixed squads (police + social workers). The first policy is demanded by the police brotherhoods to increase police power and impunity. The second just wrecks community work.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Two years of this. Two years of genocide, two years of rising fascism, two years of the tortured justifications and self-destruction of western liberalism, and two years, finally, of Palestinians showing the way to the liberation of all peoples. Free Palestine.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The mayor of Longueuil, Catherine Fournier, was asked what she would do to stop police violence. She replied that we need to trust our public institutions and that she "reiterates [her] full support and confidence in the police, who are extremely affected and shaken" right now.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
What exactly is the difference between Airbnb and an organized crime group? What would happen if a mafia don said, "I'm not gonna tell my hitmen to stop killing people, it's up to the police to arrest them"?
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
crisis prevention > crisis intervention reallocate police spending to improve people's material conditions mediacoop.ca/node/119306
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Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in August 2025
At least five people were killed by police in Canada in August 2025. This means that at least 64 people have been killed by cops so far this year. At least 11 people were killed in police actions in C...
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The killing of Nooran is another reminder of how policing today operates through routine terror and violence *and* community outreach, dialogue, and inclusion. If you missed it, I explained how this works in Montreal, as best I could, in this interview with MAKC.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
"If we are serious about reducing police violence, contact with armed officers must fall. That means defunding: reallocating money from police budgets to services that prevent harm and resolve conflict without guns." Excellent editorial from The Link. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/edit...
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Editorial: The only option is defunding, not reforming | Opinions
Nooran Rezayi, a 15-year-old child, was murdered by Longueuil police on Sept. 21. We cannot trust the system to deliver justice to itself. Defunding the police and funding youth and crisis services is...
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Patricia Tessier @patriciatessier.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Quand même hein... TOUS les jeunes ont des sacs à dos... alors on fait quoi... on les tire tous proactivement au cas où?? Que ce discours est honteux!
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
«La police s’active à influencer le récit médiatique pour que le public ait davantage peur des jeunes que des flics.» Texte d'Alexandre Popovic à lire absolument dans Pivot. pivot.quebec/2025/09/29/g...
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Meurtre gratuit de Nooran Rezayi : guerre du récit médiatique – Pivot
Pendant que le BEI essaie de nous endormir, la police travaille à tuer la sympathie populaire envers la plus jeune victime de bavure de l’histoire du Québec.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Tout le monde en parle, the most-watched TV show in Quebec, invited pro-cop reporter Pascal Robidas and ex-cop André Gélinas to talk about the killing of Nooran. Here's a lovely insight from Gélinas: "we know that gang members carry weapons in manpurses, backpacks ..."
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Somehow this is normal. A reckless, racist cop harasses and threatens Nooran and his friends for months before finally killing him – and leaving a community in grief and terror. When the community calls a march for Nooran, the police show up to terrorize them again.
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