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Freddy Villanueva

  • Male
  • Died Aug 09, 2008
  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Freddy was killed by a police officer in Montreal. Freddy's death has brought much concern throughout the country. Regardless of the controversy, a life is lost and a family is grieving. Please pay your respects.
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18 year old killed

A police patrol in a Montreal park turned ugly Saturday night when an officer opened fire on three young people, killing one man and wounding two others.

An 18-year-old man, identified by his sister as Freddy Alberto Villanueva, died from his wounds in hospital. The other two, an 18 and a 20-year-old, are reported to be in stable condition.

Montreal police say the officers were trying to arrest an individual during a routine police intervention in Henri Bourassa Park in the Montreal district of Montreal North when they were surrounded by a group of about 20 youths. A few individuals allegedly broke away from the group and rushed the officers.

According to police, it was then that one of the officers opened fire.

The officers were not wounded in the incident.

Quebec provincial police are investigating the incident and are interviewing witnesses.

"We do think there are many witnesses, because at that time, around 7 p.m., there were a lot of people in the park or in the surroundings of the park," said Quebec provincial police spokesman Gregory Gomez del Prado. "There were also people who were part of the altercation, and many people playing sports or just sitting in the park."

According to police, there is currently no information on the reasons behind the police intervention and attempted arrest.

"It's too early to say what happened exactly," said Gomez del Prado. "We're talking about the death of a man. It's a major investigation."

Villanueva's sister, Julissa, said in an interview from her home in the Montreal suburb of Laval, that the family is waiting for answers.

"We only know what we see in the news, in the newspapers, that's all," she said, breaking into tears as she spoke about her brother, a student who wanted become a mechanic.

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KKKebec

Black Quebecois Mar 17, 2011

the Montreal Police are trained by the Quebec government who is renowned for their anti-immigration right wing nationalism mentality that they are so proud of . I'm so sorry that Freddy had to pay with his life to bring this situation to the public eye . In the eyes of the Quebec government which is represented by the police , who is deeply racist like the bill 101 , who openly target people for there language , The Patriots ( the heroes of the Partie Quebecois ) who were fighting to keep their right to enslave human beings , like the Droit de veto which they used to close their borders to immigration and finally the anti-gang law who openly target black and Latino youth by stipulating that if you know somebody with a criminal record , you are illegible to 4 years in jail . . All those laws contradict the Universal Chart of Human rights , and , if you are a visible minority living in Quebec , you know your rights will be violating by the police on a weekly basis . Why do you think this all neighborhood exploded in rage ? Because they are tired and feel trap in this hypocrisy . They have been many Freddy Villanueva in the past and there is no sign of it slowing down . On the contrary , the police in general feel justify to use their guns to kill any visible minority because they are protected by the rest of the Quebec society . 70% of the immigrants are living this place , I was born there , but I couldn't stay . Being Canadian is about respecting the human rights , being a Quebecois means to be anti-civilization , anti-human rights , anti-immigration , anti-Canadians , anti-Freddy-Villanueva , anti-justice , anti-God himself , I had to get out of there , Freddy didn't ran fast enough , they shot him in the back . Growing up there we had to learn to fight against the police who were constantly harassing us . Between the police , the mafia , the bikers , the street gangs , the skinheads there was no difference they all worked hands in hands to abuse us and kill us . This is even worst today . Instead of creating jobs in the hood , they injected more millions for more guns in the hood , the Montreal police are like cowboys and there budget is never going down , on the contrary . Youths are getting more vexed because they are seeing a system that is put in place to kill them , so they become killers , trying to escape the reality . I was 14 years old when I witness a group of grown policeman beat a 14 years old Haitian kid , they made a circle around him and kicked him until he couldn't move no more . This is the true face of Quebec that I know , that's the same face that Freddy and his friends knew , and of course , the policeman who killed the youth will have a promotion like all the other ones who killed innocent , unarmed youth from visible minorities , because that's the way the law likes it . I love justice , but we wont see none in this case until the all province burn , or , Canada decides to step in and reinforce the humans rights in this province . With much love and respect to the families of the multiple victims of this trigger-happy pig

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Rachid Jul 30, 2010

Mes condoléance à la famille! Je crois qu'il faut prendre ceci avec un grain de sel! C'est facile de blamer la police et c'est facile de blâmes le jeune. Dans le fond qu'auriez vous fait en étant le policier?? Moi je ne sais pas... je pense que j'aurais agit! Je n'aurais pas laisser kk1 étrangler! Tuer kk1 c'est p-ê un peu excessif mais il ne faut pas non plus dire qu'ils étaient sagement assis à écouter le policier! Pour ce qui est des gens qui disent que les policiers sont racistes... premièrement il y a beaucoup de policier noir, chinois etc. et il y en a de plus en plus! De plus, vous ne connaissez même pas ces deux individus alors dans l'ignorance, plutot que de porter des jugement désobligeant et stupide, veuillez reconsidérer vos opinions qui sont elles racistes!! (Vous dites que les policiers blanc sont racistes! Ça c'est raciste!!!). Et pour votre information, non je ne suis pas blanc!

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f u c k Mar 14, 2010

c'est ridicule, that's Ridiculous eso es ridiculo, bravo sudacas

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f u c k Mar 14, 2010

c'est ridicule, that's Ridiculous eso es ridiculo, bravo sudacas

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