US EditionMontreal to Appeal Ruling on Police Racial Profiling
The city says the class-action award is too complex to calculate, while plaintiffs argue the ruling set clear eligibility criteria for compensation.
- On Tuesday, lawyers for the City of Montreal asked the Quebec Court of Appeal to overturn a landmark 2024 Superior Court ruling that determined the Montreal police force engaged in systemic racial profiling.
- The Black Coalition of Quebec initiated this class action on behalf of racialized citizens alleging unfair arrests between mid-August 2017 and January 2019; Superior Court Justice Dominique Poulin previously concluded that racial profiling is "systemic."
- Representing the city, lawyer Raphaël Lescop argued before the panel that the trial judge relied on insufficient proof, noting the court heard testimony from only one member of the class action: lead plaintiff Alexandre Lamontagne.
- Justice Christian Immer questioned whether the city's position would require individual trials for all eligible victims, potentially undermining the class action structure that Poulin established with up to $5,000 in damages per person.
- Mike Diomande, a lawyer leading the class action, urged the court to focus on legal errors rather than retrying the case, as The Black Coalition of Quebec maintains this remains the most important ruling on police racial profiling in Canada.
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City of Montreal in court trying to overturn landmark police racial profiling ruling
MONTRÉAL — Lawyers for the City of Montreal asked the Court of Appeal on Tuesday to overturn a landmark class-action ruling on racial profiling by police, saying it's too complicated to determine who is eligible for compensation.
The City of Montreal challenges the trial judgement, which requires it to systematically compensate victims of racial profiling by the SPVM.
Montreal asks Quebec Court of Appeal to overturn landmark ruling on racial profiling
Lawyers for the City of Montreal asked the Court of Appeal on Tuesday to overturn a landmark class-action ruling on racial profiling by police, saying it's too complicated to determine how much each member is eligible to receive.
City of Montreal is appealing a ruling on racial profiling by police officers
Lawyers for the City of Montreal will appear before the Quebec Court of Appeal on Tuesday to challenge a landmark 2024 ruling concerning racial profiling by police. In a class action lawsuit, minority citizens alleged they were unjustly arrested, detained and racially profiled by police between mid-August 2017 and January 2019. In September 2024, Superior […]
In September 2024, the Superior Court ruled that the City was "responsible" for profiling by its police officers.
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