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Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice.
Despite an "extremely critical" report on persistent systemic biases in street checks, Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher says implementing a moratorium, as recommended, would only be a symbolic gesture.
Business owners and residents have complained of security issues, open drug use and filth driving customers away from the area.
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Researchers from several Quebec universities looked at 2021 data and found that Indigenous Montrealers were six times more likely to be stopped than were white people in the city.