A 10-month-old baby rubbed her eyes while held by her father as his five-year-old daughter clung and his partner shielded the child's eyes with a blanket. The photo was taken on Aug. 9 at Place Emilie-Gamelin and was widely shared after being posted on Instagram. Montreal police confronted a crowd of protesters and fired a chemical irritant into the park, which contained bystanders and families attending events. Police described the situation as "regrettable." The parents said they were at a family salsa dancing event when a projectile landed about two inches from their baby's face. Video analysis shows police pushing protesters and an officer firing a projectile toward the park as protesters fled. The parents called the police response disproportionate.
A 10-month-old baby rubs her eyes as she's held by her father, who looks concerned; his five-year-old daughter clings to him while his partner shields her eyes with a blanket. It's a scene captured in a photo on Aug. 9 at Montreal's Place Emilie-Gamelin by photojournalist William Wilson. After he posted the photo, along with other pictures from that night, to Instagram, it quickly amassed thousands of shares.
But in an interview with CBC, the parents explained what happened that night. They said they were attending a family salsa dancing event at Place Emilie-Gamelin in the city's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood. "I saw this firework going up, and I thought it was a firework, so I looked up, and then it landed right on my baby, like two inches from her face," said Jean-Philippe Forget, one of the fathers pictured in the image. It was not a firework.
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