US EditionActivists claims responsibility for Robin Hood-inspired grocery robbery in Montreal
About 60 masked activists stole thousands of dollars of food from a grocery store to redistribute to community fridges and subsidized housing, protesting rising food prices.
- Robin des Ruelles claimed responsibility Tuesday for stealing food from a Rachelle-Béry store on Boul. St-Laurent, police confirmed.
- Robin des Ruelles claimed responsibility Tuesday for a Robin Hood–style protest against corporate grocery interests, denouncing Sobeys, Empire Company Limited, and its CEO.
- About 60 people wearing masks and feathers entered the store and, the group says, took thousands of dollars in food, then redistributed it to community fridges in Montreal and left supplies outside a subsidized housing building in Hochelaga.
- Montreal police said officers are reviewing footage and speaking to witnesses, and that nobody was hurt as of Wednesday morning, with no arrests made so far.
- Photos and graffiti add a performative element to the action, emphasizing redistribution to community fridges and Hochelaga recipients, with masks, feathers and graffiti underscoring protest and local food insecurity.
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Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Thieves dressed as Robin Hood raided a food store in Montreal on Tuesday night and gave away the stolen goods in a protest against rising food prices – just weeks after the same group targeted a grocery dressed as Santa and his elves. An activist organization calling itself the “Robins des Ruelles” (Robins of the Alleys) said roughly 60 people, some dressed in Robin Hood-style feathered caps, had entered a Rachelle Bé…
A group of activists claimed to have robbed a Montreal grocery store as part of a political act inspired by Robin des Bois, targeting the interests of large grocery chains.
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24heures.caThe group of anonymous activists attacked a Rachelle Béry grocery store this time.
Winnipeg Free Press
Activists claims responsibility for Robin Hood-inspired grocery robbery in Montreal
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Montreal activist group Les Robins des alleyles claims a multi-thousand dollar robbery committed on Tuesday at a grocery store owned by Sobeys' brand Rachelle Béry in Montreal.
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