Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday june 25, 1968 vision drowned in mud the same time Heartbreak ing and repugnant. Mud was knee was an overwhelming odor of urine and spoiled food. Shanty after shanty filthy. In truth the decline of John Mcdowell Independent conservative continued Winnipeg Centre Man of action . For Iberville years fought for years for perimeter re. In favor of the Issue of tax free Bonds Stop government spending and rising taxes Canada one nation on tuesday june 25 vote Mcdowell John resurrection City started As soon As it was completed probably even before. But for the Washington Monument and the Lincoln memorial flanking the Encampment it was impossible to believe it was the same place where Ralph. David Abernathy drove the first stake May 13 As the Pooja people chanted Freedom Freedom free the mood that had Dis posed the Multi racial crowd of poor and affluent to sing we shall overcome that. First Day was gone. Few fires set Rich people movie stars and politicians visited the City and wished it Well. But they were ,.hot there when the end came with 250 policemen crashing Down the fences and entering the Encampment with shotguns tear Gas and Billy clubs a few residents set fire to their shanties before they left. One Booby trapped a door i t h a tear Gas grenade. As police encircled the Many erstwhile demonstrators gathered up their belongings and left apparently for Good. One. Young Man came to the South Gate burned a con federate Flag and hurled the ashes in the mud. Others drifted away from the City and watched scorn fully from the Washington Monument grounds As the police prepared to move in. One. Young militant stared at the Monument and said coldly we ought to blow that Mother most of resurrection City s populace had gone to demonstrate at the depart ment of agriculture when police with bullhorn an-1 bounced what the people in the shacks already knew the permit for use of this property has expired. You must leave the Catap by o clock this morn monday to avoid arrest and prosecution. If you have no other Means of returning Home you will be provided free bus transportation by the travellers Aid society. Shuttle buses Are now available at the West Side of the Lincoln Mem orial to take you at no Cost to the bus station. You Are in violation of the permit and must leave the Camp within the next manned boats besides the .250 specially trained officers who went into the City nearly 1 More policemen surrounded the area. Helmeted police even manned motorboats in the tidal Basin adjacent to the campsite. It was a far cry from the Early Days of resurrection City when police tried to remain As inconspicuous As possible in the area. Most of the time the Only Law around Here were a few enforcement authorities around were a few Park policemen far outside the perimeter just before moved in monday Hosea Williams resurrection City s told his constituents Over the Camp s Public add re s s system we be got a lot of sick Brothers. We be got a lot of sick Brothers out there this morning ready to move in on us harmless he told them what was in store a n d warned if you re afraid now is the time to put you Tail Between your legs and run nobody did. Awaited arrest the no resistance the Only violence was done to the plywood shanties which they ripped open to be sure no one was hiding inside they found few until they came to a Large tent next to City Hall there about 80 residents waited to be arrested. Though they t a tinted police mildly they seemed almost glad to be taken out of it All. They Sang Freedom songs and it to soul , Pooh while they waited. Each was photographed with his arresting officer and led off to a police women took Small children. One Young Mother refused to part with her 2i-month old baby. The baby goes with she insisted. Police agreed and she was led away with the child in her arms. The old buses with bars on the windows rattled off toward jail with the demonstrators in High spirits. It s a Good thing we did t leave any of our women one of them yelled at police As they we away. Outside the Gate the the Lincoln memorial w be r e Martin Luther King made famous speech impassioned description of his dream for America Dur ing the 19g3 March on Washington. Trudeau defies Johnson White faced had meanwhile let himself be whisked a Way by. Life aides. Eal mayor Jean dra Peau escorted his wife to the Back of the reviewing stand and then returned to sit beside or. Trudeau. Later or. Johnson returned. Police director Gilbert said there was no truth to a Rumor that a policeman had died of wounds inflicted by the. Agitators. He said several of the injured policemen were seriously Hurt mainly by flying projectiles chiefly or by acid Burns the face. Extent of the Burns suffered was t immediately but. More than one policeman was understood to have been at least temporarily blinded. Among the injured were Sev eral women and children hit by flying bottles. Among the separatists arrested were Pierre Bourgault president of the Rasse Melement pour i in dependence National and Reggie Chartrand a former professional Boxer who leads a group called Les Chevaliers de i in dependence the knights of he is also a member of the Rin. Police director Gilbert said or. Chartrand was in Hospital. He said As. Far As he knew or. Bourgault was t injured. The charge against or. Bourgault was t immediately known. Shortly after the Parade or. Trudeau met or. 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Assorted styles and colours. Sizes 10-16 Reg. To 8.50 Sale 3.99 Fairweather separatists to shake hands with or. Fari was standing with or. Johnson. It was at this moment that or. Far Ifa Ault refusing or. Trude Aii s hand accused him of provoking the disturbance by his presence at the Parade. There were several reporters present. Or. Faribault said he had been Init Fri to appear on the stand himself but had declined rather than provoke anyone. This is not the first time we have or. Trudeau replied and it will probably not be the last or. Johnson told reporters afterwards that he had told the prime minister his presence was As provocative As a fourth degree Knight of Colum bus at. A meeting of free participating separatists accused the police of brutality. Most disinterested observers however were sceptical of these complaints. Repeatedly Early in the eve Ning knots of 40 or 50 agitators would charge toward Small groups of policemen some times four or five or fewer throwing firecrackers bottles and pieces of broken barricades. Frequently the approach of two or three policemen was enough to turn the whole separatist charge into a frantic Retreat accompanied by loud shouts of these shouts of Gestapo often began when the police had not Laid a hand on the agitators. As darkness fell the bottles began flying from All directions and in All directions even into the crowd of police director Gilbert said. Some of them contained White paint. Others contained acid. Director Gilbert said the Type of acid was being Analysed during the night at police laboratories. There was never a general riot. The agitators worked in Small clusters moving about quickly attempting to set the crowd shouting anti Trudeau slogans burling bottles and quickly moving on. The separatists also distributed leaflets calling on the people of Quebec to get rid of their lice by refusing to vote in the Federal election today. The pamphlets accused or. Trudeau of fighting his Campaign on Quebec s Many of these pamphlets were torn up by disapproving spectators some of whom wore Trudeau buttons. A majority of the crowd o Many thousands however did t take sides neither cheer ing or. Trudeau nor joining in the separatist chants. Or. Bourgault Leader of the Rin was arrested Early in the evening. A squad of his supporters picked him up on their Shoul Ders and marched straight toward a line of police. Six policemen grabbed him three on each Side according to witnesses and dumped him into a Paddy Wagon. Or. Bourgault was thus out of action during the height of the after dark violence last week he had called on separatists to use All Force necessary to prevent or. Tru Deau from appearing at the Parade. Police used horses several times during the evening to d r i v e Back demonstrators. There were complaints that innocent spectators there to see the Parade were Hurt by horses hooves. However director Gilbert insisted that the horses were used Only in Lafontaine Park opposite the stand in front of the municipal Library. He said no one interested in seeing the Parade would be in that area because it would be impossible to View the procession from that Vantage Point. Most reporters present particularly among those who had witnessed riots elsewhere considered the police work with a few possible exceptions As a Model of effectiveness and restraint under the Circum stances. However no reporter could see All that happened. But there were Many cases in which the police kept still under a Hail of projectiles from the agitators and then seized and carried away a ringleader without using their nightsticks. 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