
11/10/2011 McGill University's principal has launched an investigation after a massive student tuition protest reportedly turned violent on Thursday night, and riot police were called in. Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, in an open letter published on McGill's website, said she's asking the dean of law, Daniel Jutras, to conduct an independent investigation into what she called "disturbing" events at the school's downtown Montreal campus. Jutras is to report back with his findings by Dec. 15. "The presence of riot police on our campus is shocking," Munroe-Blum said. "We, as a community, need to fully understand the events and the responses to them and I trust Dean Jutras will conduct a thorough, impartial review." Some students and staff are accusing Montreal police of overreacting to what they call a largely peaceful protest. "This was a very violent example of what I would call police brutality," said Greg Mikkelson, an associate professor in McGill's department of Philosophy and the School of Environment. Mikkelson said he was clubbed with a baton and pepper sprayed in the face as he was walking on the university campus to the daycare to pick up his daughter. "I had just stopped to watch what was going on, and the police just walked up to me and attacked me," he said. Mikkelson said he heard no caution from police before three officers rushed toward him. "I don't know why they had to be here. I don't know why any police had to be here. I think there are a lot of <b>...</b>
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