After Topless Sunbathing By Quebec Police Montreal Residents Protested In The Park

Organizer Alice Lacroix was among those topless at the “Liberez les Seins” protest at Tam Tams in Mont-Royal Park at noon. “It’s not just about changing people’s minds and changing the way people look at a woman’s breasts, (but) it ‘s a protest against gender equality as a whole,” he told CTV News. Eloyse Paquet Poisson wrote a lengthy Facebook post that went viral after she was arrested in late May by Quebec police (SPVQ), who responded after citizens complained that they were topless. Poisson said in her post that she asked the first police officer if she asked the several top men in the park to cover themselves. The officer said he did not do so, according to Poisson, and left only to return with more officers. “Five more police officers are arriving as reinforcements,” he wrote. “The five of them moved on me. My heart was beating fast, but I was holding my tits high and my eyes were piercing. I was scared but I felt strong.” There is no law against a woman being topless in a park under the Canadian Penal Code and the Quebec City Statute is essentially the same.

Although Poisson did not receive a fine, Lacroix was annoyed by the whole event. “What happened to Eloyse was very problematic on the part of the police,” he said. “There can be no five policemen around a woman doing something that is perfectly legal, but what we must also remember is that someone called the police. They just did not see her. They called and complained.”

title: “After Topless Sunbathing By Quebec Police Montreal Residents Protested In The Park " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-14” author: “William Dietlin”

Organizer Alice Lacroix was among those topless at the “Liberez les Seins” protest at Tam Tams in Mont-Royal Park at noon. “It’s not just about changing people’s minds and changing the way people look at a woman’s breasts, (but) it ‘s a protest against gender equality as a whole,” he told CTV News. Eloyse Paquet Poisson wrote a lengthy Facebook post that went viral after she was arrested in late May by Quebec police (SPVQ), who responded after citizens complained that they were topless. Poisson said in her post that she asked the first police officer if she asked the several top men in the park to cover themselves. The officer said he did not do so, according to Poisson, and left only to return with more officers. “Five more police officers are arriving as reinforcements,” he wrote. “The five of them moved on me. My heart was beating fast, but I was holding my tits high and my eyes were piercing. I was scared but I felt strong.” There is no law against a woman being topless in a park under the Canadian Penal Code and the Quebec City Statute is essentially the same.

Although Poisson did not receive a fine, Lacroix was annoyed by the whole event. “What happened to Eloyse was very problematic on the part of the police,” he said. “There can be no five policemen around a woman doing something that is perfectly legal, but what we must also remember is that someone called the police. They just did not see her. They called and complained.”