Thousands of police officers from all over Canada marched through the streets of Montreal on Tuesday ahead of a public memorial for the Montreal police officer killed in a brazen outdoor shooting last month.
A procession in Mohamed Lamine Benredouane’s honour left police headquarters at 10 a.m. EDT to make its way to the Bell Centre, which can hold as many as 21,000 people.
A bagpipe band and officers on horseback led the way as the march made its way through downtown, under a cloudless blue sky. One officer held a police hat on a cushion, walking behind a pickup truck carrying a display of blue and white flowers….