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A human rights organization is calling for an independent inquiry into Montreal police (SPVM) after emails show what appears to be the force interfering with an independent report looking into the practice of street checks. The independent study was commissioned by the SPVM. A group of several researchers from different …

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is expected to testify Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit that claims the city hasn’t acted to combat systemic racial profiling by its police officers. The lawsuit is led by the Black Coalition of Quebec and Alexandre Lamontagne, a Black man who alleges he was brutally arrested …