Montreal mayor urges halt to random police checks amid racial profiling probe

City’s police force faces investigation of 16 officers accused of disproportionately targeting Black and Arab residentsMontreal’s mayor has called for a halt to random police checks as the city’s police force grapples with an internal investigation into racism and racial profiling by 16 officers. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada told reporters last week that her husband, who is Black, has been repeatedly stopped by police while driving. Continue reading...