
"Our request remains to obtain a similar support per capita, that is to say, $60 million to better support the work of police officers and act in prevention. "For us, it is clear that the public safety of our municipality requires a fair and equivalent investment," Boyer said in a statement. Montreal has received provincial dollars to help fight crime, but not Laval, he said. Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer says fighting crime is a priority for his city, but they currently lack adequate funding from the provincial government. Our teams are working around the clock and we are watching for anyone who may be planning to attack merchants." "The message is clear," she said, "the safety of our merchants is a priority and any form of intimidation or violence will not be tolerated. Although the Hobbs Act was enacted as a statute to. Section 1951 also proscribes conspiracy to commit robbery or extortion without reference to the conspiracy statute at 18 U.S.C.


A person commits the crime if: he/she shows a wrongful use of force or threat of violence in order to obtain money or property from another person, and the other person (or alleged victim) does not give up the money or property in question. § 1951) which prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion affecting interstate or foreign commerce. Attempted extortion is a criminal offense in the U.S. This still image from surveillance video shows a suspect using a rock to smash the window of Nuits de Beyrouth restaurant and launching what appears to be a molotov cocktail into the restaurant. This chapter focuses on the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C.
