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Black groups say Montreal police racism allegations deserve public inquiry
The coalition wants recommendations to restore trust as two officers face possible criminal charges and 14 others were reassigned during an ongoing SPVM probe.
- Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher confirmed late Friday that 16 officers from Station 39 are under investigation for racist acts allegedly committed against Black and Arab people, including collecting pieces of locs as trophies.
- On Monday evening, hundreds of protesters gathered outside Station 39 to denounce the allegations, highlighting decades of tension in Montreal North rooted in the 2008 police shooting of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva.
- Fo Niemi, civil rights activist and executive director of Centre of Research-Action on Race Relations, said community members are "getting tired of studies" and demand a meeting with Dagher within 48 hours for effective solutions.
- Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for an independent inquiry, while Quebec Public Security Minister Ian Lafreniére appointed a government observer to monitor the investigation and did not rule out a formal public inquiry.
- A 2023 CBC News report revealed systemic profiling concerns in Quebec, finding that of 156 annual complaints of racial profiling against police, only four result in disciplinary action, underscoring long-standing institutional failures.
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Protesters are in front of SPVM post 39 in Montréal-Nord to denounce alleged racist acts of agents against black and Arab people.
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The Regroupement des intervenors et intervenors d'origines haïtiens asks for a meeting with the chief of the police of Montreal.
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Leaning Left12Leaning Right1Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Left
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