Driving While Black

• Racialized communities upset with Quebec government decision to appeal ruling

  Residents, civil rights leaders are unhappy that the province is appealing a Superior Court ruling that required police officers to have just cause in order to pull drivers over.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2022
  
• Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops by police

  The challenge heard this year was brought by Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Black Montreal resident who said he had been stopped by police nearly a dozen times without reason.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2022
  
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• Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehicles

  A Quebec government lawyer says that the province is concerned about racial profiling and that the problem is an issue of police officers acting improperly.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2022
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• Racial-profiling trial begins into power of Quebec police to make random car stops

  Lawyers for Luamba and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association argued that the power of police to randomly stop drivers is unconstitutional and enables racial profiling.

  Canada

  May 30, 2022
• Six Montreal police officers face lawsuit after being accused of racial profiling

  A Black man and his mother are suing six SPVM officers after accusing police of racial profiling during an incident last April. Montreal police aren't commenting.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2022
• Black Halifax police officer accuses RCMP of racially profiling him, his wife

  'The interaction with RCMP police officers provides yet another example of the way Black people continue to be subjected to inhumane treatment.'

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2021
• Montreal man accuses SPVM of racial profiling in traffic stop

  On Easter Friday, Wayne King says he was driving a BMW SUV back to the rental company in the Côte-Des-Neiges area when he was followed and pulled over by police.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2021
• Black Montreal lawyer says protocol not followed during traffic stop, intends to file complaint

  As a lawyer, Kwadwo D. Yeboah says he's aware of the proper protocols in situations like these, and says they weren't followed.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
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• Montreal man dissatisfied with sanctions against city’s police

  "Five days for being guilty of racism is not good enough," Kenrick McRae fumed during a press conference. 

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2020
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• Montreal police accused of racial profiling after arresting 24-year-old man

  Miriam Vaillancourt recorded the altercation from her balcony.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2020