Montreal Police Racial Profiling

• Recognizing racial profiling by police key to ‘historic’ ruling, Montreal lawyer says

  Mike Diomande says the decision released Tuesday was "historic" because it establishes that racialized people in the city were victims of profiling.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2024
  
• Emails show Montreal police appeared to interfere with report on street checks

  An independent inquiry into Montreal police is being called for after emails show what appears to be the force interfering with a report into the practice of street checks.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2024
  
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• Montreal police chief refuses to impose moratorium on street checks despite racial profiling data

  Researchers from several Quebec universities looked at 2021 data and found that Indigenous Montrealers were six times more likely to be stopped than were white people in the city.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2023
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• Man suing Montreal police for $125,000 in alleged racial profiling incident

  A man is suing the city of Montreal and its police force for $125,000 after he was falsely detained and then police couldn't find the key to the handcuffs they'd put on him.

  Crime

  May 3, 2023
• Victims of racial discrimination deserve compensation, Montreal mayor testifies

  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says victims of social and racial profiling have the right to compensation, but it needs to be awarded based on a defined process.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2023
• Montreal police officers handed 30-day suspensions for racial profiling in 2017

  The Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations says the 30-day suspensions were the heaviest sanctions imposed by the ethics tribunal for racial profiling.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 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
• Montrealers can access the first interactive map in order to self report police stops

  The project, which seeks to gather reliable statistics on Montreal police interactions with the public, was created by a multidisciplinary research team.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2021
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• Côte-des-Neiges man claims victory in racial profiling case against Montreal police

  Quebec's Human Rights Commission ruled the Errol Burke was racially profiled in 2017.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2020
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• Montreal police should remove officer from the streets, CRAAR says

  The Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRAAR) is asking Montreal police to remove one of its officers from the streets.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2019