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Sim, what is going on up there, what is a militant student group?

Thousands of protesters flooded downtown Montreal streets Thursday to protest what militant student group ASSÉ called "austerity measures" in the 2014 provincial budget. 

Montreal police declared the protest illegal before it even began, around 2:15 p.m. ET, as students were still gathering in Parc Émilie-Gamelinnear the intersection of Berri Street and Ste-Catherine Street East.

By the end of the protest, about three hours later, six people had been arrested for what Montreal police called "criminal acts." 

Some protesters threw rocks, while police used tear gas, pepper spray, projectile launchers, batons and shields to push the crowds back. 

A person in their 50s was injured after being hit in the head by a projectile. 

Police said they did not use the kettling technique employed at many of the 2012 student protests to perform mass arrests, although they did have buses on hand as a precaution.

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