Montreal protesters shoot dice to remember Fredy Villanueva

The recent decision by Quebec's attorney general not to lay charges against the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva was the inspiration for a symbolic game of dice played in a Montreal park on Saturday.

The tournament was held in the same Montréal-Nord park where two officers interrupted an open-air dice game last August on the grounds that it was illegal.

Villanueva was shot during an altercation that broke out as the officers tried to arrest the teen's older brother.

The incident  sparked a night of rioting across the city and led to accusations of racism against police from supporters of the Villanuevas, who came to Canada from Honduras in 1998.

Last week, prosecutors announced that neither officer involved in the shooting will be charged. Demonstrators said the news did not come as a surprise, given that Quebec's provincial police force investigated Montreal city officers.

Quebec Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis has called a public inquiry into the incident, but no start date has been announced.

Demonstrators said they would like to see the province set up something similar to Ontario's Special Investigations Unit, a civilian agency that automatically reviews cases where death or serious injury follow a police action.

Members of the protest group, who call themselves the Coalition Against Police Oppression and Abuse, plan to hold another demonstration at Montreal's City Hall on Monday.