Racial Profiling
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Court of Appeal upholds Quebec ruling that invalidated random police stopsQuebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark 2022 decision that found a law permitting random traffic stops by police led to racial profiling.CanadaOct 24
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Heiltsuk father and daughter file human rights complaint against Canadian TireAn Indigenous father and daughter in British Columbia are accusing Canadian Tire and its third-party security company of racial profiling and racism.PerspectivesOct 1
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‘I can’t breathe, guys’: Ontario man accuses police in Quebec of using excessive forceVideos of an arrest by police in Laval, Que., of a Toronto tourist have surfaced on social media, with police saying that the officers were following protocol.CrimeSep 11
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Recognizing racial profiling by police key to ‘historic’ ruling, Montreal lawyer saysMike Diomande says the decision released Tuesday was "historic" because it establishes that racialized people in the city were victims of profiling.CanadaSep 4
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Racial profiling by Montreal police is a ‘systemic problem’: judgeA Quebec judge has ruled that racial profiling is a systemic problem in the Montreal police force and has awarded damages to victims in a class-action lawsuit.CrimeSep 3
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‘They pushed me:’ Black man says he was racially profiled by Montreal policeA family is seeking answers from authorities after they say the aspiring professional football player was handcuffed and wrongfully ticketed in Montreal's north end.CanadaAug 28
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Black woman says Montreal police ‘humiliated’ her, told to scrape off car tints with coinA retired healthcare worker who runs a Montreal food bank says she was left feeling 'shaken and angry' after police forced her to scratch off her car tints on the side of the road.CanadaMay 29
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Jail violated rights of Black man left naked in cell for hours: Quebec human rights tribunalQuebec's human rights tribunal has found that provincial jail guards violated the rights of a Black inmate who was left for hours naked and wet in a cell without a mattress.CanadaNov 13, 2023
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South Shore man claims he was a victim of racial profilingA South Shore man claims he was the victim of racial profiling at the hands of the Longueuil police department, which has faced accusations of racial profiling before.CanadaSep 21, 2023
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Black family from Montreal alleges racial profiling after being removed from flightA Black Montreal family claims they were racially profiled after being kicked off of an Air Canada flight.CanadaAug 29, 2023
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