An original translation by Ava Lon

From this Quebec publication:

The video ends with one of the officers standing over his colleague, who is still on the ground, at the entrance to an apartment building.

“F*** da police” appears in the video, accompanied by big smiles.

Two suspects

According to our sources the officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries and have been discharged from the hospital.

Two suspects have allegedly already been by Amélie St-Yves, Journal de Montréal

August 25, 2019

[Photo caption: The two police officers who were beaten had just finished their shift at the police station in quarter 21 in Montreal. Witnesses recorded the scene and shared it on the internet.]

Two police officers were beaten by a group of people during the night between Friday and Saturday, near Émilie-Gamelin Square, Le Journalhas learned.

They were in plainclothes and had just finished their shift at the police station in quarter 21, just next door, according to our information.

In the video that Le Journal was able to watch, you can see one of the police officers exchange blows with three people before being brutally thrown to the ground, at Sainte-Catherine Est Street, while his colleague was approaching the group.

The two agents were then kicked and beaten by at least six individuals.

Insults

One of them was kicked four times while lying on the ground on his side.

Insults were shouted [at them] during the attack.

“Plainclothes police. You have been cracked.[…] You f***ing bitch! You’re not tough now,” yells the man who is recording the attack.

You can then hear him yell, “Put him to sleep!” after one of the men threw a right hook to the chest of the police officer, who [then] fell to the ground.

apprehended, but there are additional arrests to be made.

For now, it’s impossible to know what provoked the incident.

The Police Department of the City of Montreal will not confirm the incident and the Brotherhood of Police Officers of Montreal refused to comment.

[we are looking for the video now]

Update: Arrests have been made and some names are given.