{"id":536,"date":"2011-07-12T15:01:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/?p=536"},"modified":"2011-08-16T07:04:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T07:04:58","slug":"commemorative-march-and-vigil-in-honor-of-fredy-villanueva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/commemorative-march-and-vigil-in-honor-of-fredy-villanueva","title":{"rendered":"Commemorative March and Vigil in Honor of Fredy Villaneuva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080;\">COMMEMORATIVE MARCH IN HONOR OF FREDY VILLANUEVA<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Three years later, the struggle goes on&#8221;<br \/>\nSUNDAY, August 7, 2011<br \/>\n2PM Gathering and presentation (march follows)<br \/>\nMEET at Corner Pascal and Rolland in Montr\u00e9al-North&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">VIGIL IN MEMORY OF FREDY<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Fredy lives in our hearts!&#8221;<br \/>\nTUESDAY, August 9, 2011<br \/>\n6PM Gathering at the corner Pascal and Rolland<br \/>\n******************************<\/h3>\n<div id=\":62\">\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<p>Almost three years ago, Fredy Villanueva was shot to death by Officer<br \/>\nJean-Loup Lapointe, in Montreal-North.<\/p>\n<p>Three years later, the Villanueva family still waits for the truth about<br \/>\nthe police operation that cost Fredy his life on August 9, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Coroner Andr\u00e9 Perreault, who presided over a long inquest into the causes<br \/>\nand circumstances surrounding Fredy Villanueva\u2019s death, is not able to<br \/>\nrender a decision because Officer Lapointe\u2019s union and employer are<br \/>\nengaging in dilatory procedures at the Superior court.<\/p>\n<p>Three years later, Fredy Villanueva\u2019s parents are confronted by the<br \/>\npainful prospect of loosing the only son that remains alive, Dany.<\/p>\n<p>Dany Villanueva, Fredy\u2019s older brother, is struggling to squash a removal<br \/>\norder that would deport him to Honduras, where his life is seriously<br \/>\nthreatened. The fight to stop Dany\u2019s deportation complicates the struggle<br \/>\nto find out the truth about Fredy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Three years later, Quebec society is still reeling from the fatal shooting<br \/>\non August 9, 2008, and the ensuing riots that took over the streets of<br \/>\nMontreal-North the next day.<\/p>\n<p>These events exposed the deep-rooted problems that have been ignored far<br \/>\ntoo long, highlighting the problem of police investigating police, racial<br \/>\nprofiling and the wide-spread poverty of Montreal-North.<\/p>\n<p>Three years later, the struggle is far from over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For these reasons, we invite you to show your support at the third annual<br \/>\ncommemorative march and vigil in honour and memory of Fredy Villanueva.<\/p>\n<p>**a joint call from the Dany Villanueva support committee made up of<br \/>\nmembers from the Coalition against Police Repression and Abuse,<br \/>\nMontr\u00e9al-Nord R\u00e9publik, No One is Illegal-Montreal, and Solidarity across<br \/>\nBorders**<\/p>\n<p>For more info: <a href=\"tel:514-848-7583\">514-848-7583<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacrap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lacrap.org\/<\/a> AND <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealnordrepublik.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/montrealnordrepublik.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMEMORATIVE MARCH IN HONOR OF FREDY VILLANUEVA &#8220;Three years later, the struggle goes on&#8221; SUNDAY, August 7, 2011 2PM Gathering and presentation (march follows) MEET at Corner Pascal and Rolland in Montr\u00e9al-North&nbsp; VIGIL IN MEMORY OF FREDY &#8220;Fredy lives in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/commemorative-march-and-vigil-in-honor-of-fredy-villanueva\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":540,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}