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A former Montreal police officer and crisis intervention specialist is calling on the government to implement proper training and protocols when using spit masks.
An unlawfully detained inmate who died after a physical altercation in a Montreal jail on Christmas Eve suffered a heart attack after guards fitted his head with a spit hood and pepper sprayed him three times, according to confidential documents obtained by Radio Canada.
MONTREAL - The family of a young man who died after an altercation with Montreal jail guards is demanding an inquiry into systemic racism in the provincial detention system, a civil rights group said Thursday.
MONTREAL — The family of a young man who died after an altercation with Montreal jail guards is demanding an inquiry into systemic racism in the provincial detention system, a civil rights group said Thursday.
Nicous D'Andre Spring, 21, died on Dec. 25, 2022, a day after an intervention at a provincial detention centre in Montreal. He was being illegally detained when guards fitted his head with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed him twice.