Montreal asks Quebec Court of Appeal to overturn landmark ruling on racial profiling - BERITAJA

Lawyers for the City of Montreal will beryllium asking Quebec’s Court of Appeal Tuesday greeting to overturn a landmark ruling connected group profiling by police.

Racialized citizens alleged successful the class-action suit that they were unfairly arrested, detained, and racially profiled by constabulary betwixt mid-August 2017 and January 2019.

In September 2024, Superior Court Justice Dominique Poulin said Montreal constabulary has a systemic group profiling problem and held the metropolis responsible.

Poulin added that victims had their Charter authorities violated and deserved up to $5,000 successful damages.

The Black Coalition of Quebec, which initially brought the case, said it was the about important ruling connected the rumor of group profiling by constabulary successful Canada.

Mike Diomande, a lawyer starring the people action, has said the Superior Court’s ruling was historical because individual cases of group profiling are difficult to prove.