Quebec Student Protest
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There were arrests on the ground and the whiff of pepper spray in the air Thursday as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Montreal against planned university tuition increases.
Police use pepper spray to disperse a crowd blocking the Delta hotel during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal. -
Police use batons to disperse a crowd blocking the Delta hotel during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal. -
Police arrest a protester in front of the Delta hotel during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 -
Police move in to disperse a crowd blocking the Delta hotel during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal -
A man tries to break through protesters blocking the entrance to a hotel during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal. -
A hotel employee tries to remove the mask of a protester who was part of a crowd blocking the Delta hotel during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal. -
A protester, left, stares down a man trying to get into a hotel that was blockaded during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal. -
A protester tries to block a police officer during a demonstration against higher tuition fees Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 in Montreal.