Police Checks

• ‘Gross incompetence:’ Man ticketed for contraband cigarettes says he was racially profiled

  Video of the incident shows part of the exchange between the man and local Quebec police, who fined him over $1,100 for obstructing an officer, possession of contraband and more.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2023
  
• Canadian Forces’ member out for run ‘mocked,’ alleges racial profiling by police

  An aerospace engineer who has served the military for 12 years is alleging racial profiling and harassment at the hands of a Quebec police force after being stopped while on a run.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2023
  
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• Many Montrealers feel profiled during police traffic stops, study shows

  Out of just over 500 Montreal residents who reported when they were stopped by police since 2021, 30 per cent believe they were profiled, according to a study.

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
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• 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
• 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
• ‘What is essential travel?’: Questions around B.C.’s COVID-19 travel crackdown

  B.C. Premier John Horgan said Monday people should not travel even within their health authority if it means booking accommodation in another community.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2021
• Alberta justice minister calls alleged actions of Lethbridge police ‘completely unacceptable’

  "I want action now. The time for talk is over," Madu said. "It's clear to me that what is going on there is completely unacceptable."

  Crime

  Mar 11, 2021
• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: Nov. 24, 2019

  This week on Focus Montreal, Global takes a look at the motion to end random police checks in Montreal and the health app that gives cancer patients at the MUHC more insight into their experience.

  Features

  Nov 24, 2019
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• Jagmeet Singh says carding is a form of systemic racism, should be banned

  Jagmeet Singh says he was detained by police for no reason multiple times when he was younger, and it continued to happen when he was a law student in Toronto.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2018