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Racial profiling is systemic problem in Montreal police, judge rules

White vehicle with blue text saying Police Montréal
A Montreal Police vehicle in 2023. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Racial profiling is a systemic problem in the Montreal police force, a Quebec judge has ruled, as she awarded damages in a class action lawsuit that advocates call a “decision that meets with reality”.

Justice Dominique Poulin found that the city bore responsibility for racial profiling committed by its police officers and was obliged to compensate those affected.

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