Racism is a ‘cancer eating away’ at Montreal police, officer says in resignation letter
Racism is a ‘cancer eating away’ at Montreal police, officer says in resignation letter
Cmdr. Patrice Vilcéus, a Montrealer of Haitian origin, says he made sure throughout his career not to simply be an observer in the face of racism and racial profiling.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29913249
Earlier this month, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled in a class-action lawsuit that racial profiling is a systemic problem in the Montreal police force, and that the city is responsible for profiling committed by its police officers. Justice Dominique Poulin ordered the City of Montreal to pay $5,000 to people arrested without justification and racially profiled.
The force has also released two reports since 2019 showing that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by police during random street checks.
