A 10-month-old baby rubs her eyes as she's held by her father, who looks concerned; his five-year-old daughter clings to him while his partner shields her eyes with a blanket.

It's a scene captured in a photo on Aug. 9 at Montreal's Place Émilie-Gamelin by photojournalist William Wilson.

After he posted the photo, along with other pictures from that night, to Instagram, it quickly amassed thousands of shares. It was taken after Montreal police confronted a crowd of protesters and fired a chemical irritant into the park, which was filled with bystanders and families.

Montreal police told CBC they are aware of the photo and described the situation as "regrettable."

In online comments, some people said the photo was an example of what they view as recurrent heavy-handed treatment of prote

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