shockedcanadian
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Apparently there are 16 cops suspended with more to follow.
From the TPS, OPP, RCMP and various agencies across the nation, we have a major police state issue. We have a Charter of Rights which they have disregarded for too long and it has caught the notice of our allies in Europe and in the U.S
Racism, abuse of citizens, violations of our Charter. If they do not clean this up we will continue to lose our best citizens, our best talent, while their budgets continue to soar and they continue to get caught lying in court.
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for calm and pledged that Montrealers would learn the truth about allegations of co-ordinated racist behaviour involving a police unit based in in Montréal-Nord.
"Any form of racial profiling, discrimination, or violence is unacceptable. Such actions have no place in Montreal, in any society, or in any of our institutions," Martinez Ferrada told reporters at a press conference Saturday morning convened in response to the allegations.
Sixteen police officers from Station 39 are under investigation for racist and hateful acts allegedly committed against Black and Arab people during police stops, Montreal police confirmed late Friday.
Addressing the residents of Montréal-Nord and those who have "felt watched, targeted, profiled," and those who have filed complaints without feeling heard, she said: "I hear you."
"The bond of trust between the public and those who are there to protect us has been weakened," she added.
"I urge everyone to remain calm and act responsibly. Montrealers deserve to know the whole truth about what happened."
Martinez Ferrada said that she would ask all the necessary questions to get to the bottom of this matter.
From the TPS, OPP, RCMP and various agencies across the nation, we have a major police state issue. We have a Charter of Rights which they have disregarded for too long and it has caught the notice of our allies in Europe and in the U.S
Racism, abuse of citizens, violations of our Charter. If they do not clean this up we will continue to lose our best citizens, our best talent, while their budgets continue to soar and they continue to get caught lying in court.
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for calm and pledged that Montrealers would learn the truth about allegations of co-ordinated racist behaviour involving a police unit based in in Montréal-Nord.
"Any form of racial profiling, discrimination, or violence is unacceptable. Such actions have no place in Montreal, in any society, or in any of our institutions," Martinez Ferrada told reporters at a press conference Saturday morning convened in response to the allegations.
Sixteen police officers from Station 39 are under investigation for racist and hateful acts allegedly committed against Black and Arab people during police stops, Montreal police confirmed late Friday.
Addressing the residents of Montréal-Nord and those who have "felt watched, targeted, profiled," and those who have filed complaints without feeling heard, she said: "I hear you."
"The bond of trust between the public and those who are there to protect us has been weakened," she added.
"I urge everyone to remain calm and act responsibly. Montrealers deserve to know the whole truth about what happened."
Martinez Ferrada said that she would ask all the necessary questions to get to the bottom of this matter.