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Montreal names ex-Mountie, a 'reformed racial profiler,' to anti-racism bureau Alain Babineau, a former RCMP officer and prominent police-reform advocate, has joined Montreal's new anti-racism bureau, where he will lead efforts to address racial and social profiling. Social Sharing
King filed a complaint after the first incident, and that process is not completed. "It keeps happening," he told the media. The father of four says that after 5 p.m. April 9, Montreal police followed him for a kilometre as he drove alone in a rented BMW, which he was returning to Enterprise in Côte des Neiges. King says he was pulled over on De la Savane and was told by the two officers they were doing a random spot check. King told the media he believes he was stopped because he wears dreadlocks and was driving a BMW. In recent years, many Black Montrealers have complained of being stopp...
MONTREAL -- A woman on Montreal's South Shore is frustrated at the justice system's snail-like pace. Masabatha Kakndijika said she was tackled by a mall security guard who told her Canada was not her country in Longueuil, Quebec in June. She called the attack, which was witnessed by her four children, a racist action. She reported the alleged attack and is frustrated by the length of time it has taken for justice to move forward. “It’s sad you know, I just want to get this whole thing over and done with," said Masabatha. "But it seems to be just prolonging itself. It’s like one...
MONTREAL -- A Montreal-area school board has been told to pay $30,000 in damages to a local family to compensate them for years of racist bullying. But the mother of the Rosemere family, Adrienne Charles, says she's concerned that it won't change anything for other kids. "The thing is, the Black kids of that school and school board are being called the n-word and nothing changes, it still continues," she told CTV News. "You go to school to learn about math, French, science. Not to deal or struggle with 'Oh I'm Black, okay, what will happen today, will I be called the n-word?' You know...