After just a year, the former Mountie has parted ways with the City of Montreal's anti-racism bureau, to take up a position with the anti-racism lobby group Red Coalition.

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.

Activist groups say no one should be shocked police do street checks on minorities more often than white Montrealers. They say they've been complaining about racial profiling in the Montreal police force for years now.