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“THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FAILED MY CHILDREN”: BLACK MOTHER DENOUNCES MISHANDLING OF HER RACISM COMPLAINT


Montréal, August 6, 2020 - A Black mother of two young boys who are victims of repeated acts of racism at a Rosemère school is speaking out against the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission’s failure to protect her children and to address anti-Black racism in schools.

“I CAN’T BREATHE”: BLACK WOMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED, STRANGLED BY MALL SECURITY CARD IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN


Montréal, July 29, 2020 - A Black woman is speaking out after being left in the lurch by the justice system after she was violently assaulted and arrested by a security guard at Place Desormeaux mall in Longueuil last month.

PROFILAGE RACIAL À REPENTIGNY : 11 500 $ EN CONTRAVENTION POUR 9 JEUNES NOIRS, 0 POUR LES JEUNES BLANCS

Montréal, le 26 juillet 2020 — Neuf jeunes noirs de Repentigny se sont vus remettre des billets de contravention totalisant la somme de 11 500 $ par les policiers de Repentigny, pour avoir refusé d'obéir à l'ordre de ne pas se rassembler à l'extérieur, alors que les jeunes blancs se trouvant dans la même situation ont reçu un simple avertissement.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ASKS MONTREAL POLICE TO PAY BLACK MAN $45,000 FOR RACIAL PROFILING AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS


Montréal, July 19, 2020 —Three years after he was violently and wrongfully arrested in a case of mistaken identity, the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission has ruled that the Montreal Police and two of its officers have racially profiled a Côte-Des-Neiges Black man, and violated his civil rights.

CRARR URGES POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER TO APPEAL “DANGEROUS” TRIBUNAL DECISION ON RACE AND SUSPECT DESCRIPTION


Montréal, July 16, 2020 —CRARR is calling on Police Ethics Commissioner Marc-André Dowd to appeal a recent Police Ethics Committee decision that would allow the police to single out and detain any Black person suspected of a crime, even when the suspect description does not match.

SYSTEMIC RACISM: THE WORD BOOKSTORE TO DONATE ANTI-RACISM BOOK PROFITS TO CRARR


Montreal, July 15, 2020 — In a display of solidarity, The Word Bookstore, an independent, family-run bookstore founded in 1975, has launched a fundraising campaign in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in which all profits from the sale of particular books are to be donated to CRARR.

MOTHER OF ASIAN TEENAGE GIRL VIOLENTLY ARRESTED IN GIROUARD PARK CALLS ON MONTREAL POLICE CHIEF TO “FEEL OUR PAIN”


Montréal, July 7, 2020 — The mother of a 15-year-old teenage girl who was violently arrested in a NDG park late last month is asking Montreal Police Chief Sylvain Caron to meet with her and listen to how she and her daughter have been deeply affected by the excessive force used by police officers during the incident.

DRIVING BLACK, PROUD AND FREE: CRARR JOINS CONVOY AGAINST RACIAL PROFILING


Montréal, July 5, 2020 — CRARR joined many groups from the English-speaking and French-speaking Black communities in organizing a convoy with Black drivers driving luxurious cars to protest against racial profiling in the Greater Montreal region.

LE RACISME SYSTÉMIQUE AU SEIN DU SPVM : LE CRARR SOUTIENT LES POLICIERS NOIRS


Montréal, le 28 juin 2020 — Il faut que la Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montréal s’engage à agir concrètement contre le racisme systémique au sein du Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) afin d’assurer une meilleure reconnaissance des policiers noirs au sein de l’organisation ainsi qu’un meilleur service auprès de la population de Montréal.

SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN THE SPVM: CRARR SUPPORTS BLACK POLICE OFFICERS


Montréal, June 28, 2020 — The Montreal Police Brotherhood must commit to taking concrete action against systemic racism within the Montreal Police Service (SPVM) in order to ensure better recognition of Black police officers within the organization, and better serve to the people of Montreal.

MOTHER TAKES LEGAL ACTION AFTER HER SON IS TARGETED BY BLACKFACE AND THE N-WORD IN A VIDEO


Montréal, June 25, 2020 - The mother of the Black youth who was personally targeted in a racist video made by two John Rennie High School students, in which they were dancing and singing while wearing blackface, and uttering racial slurs, has asked CRARR to file a civil rights complaint to the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission.

PROFILAGE RACIAL : UNE MÈRE NOIRE DE SAINT-EUSTACHE DÉNONCE UNE FOUILLE POLICIÈRE ILLÉGALE DE SA MAISON POUR VOL DE PIZZA


Montréal, le 21 juin 2020 — Une mère noire de Saint-Eustache déposera des plaintes contre deux policiers de cette municipalité qui, la soupçonnant d’avoir volé une pizza, se sont moqués d’elle devant ses enfants et qui ont effectué une fouille de son domicile sans mandat.

TOLD TO “GO BACK TO F- JAMAICA”, LASALLE BLACK WOMAN DEPLORES POLICE HANDLING OF HATE INCIDENT IN PARKING LOT


Montreal, June 19, 2020 — A Lasalle Black woman is speaking out after the Montreal police failed to properly handle her complaint regarding a hate incident outside Place Lasalle last month.

The incident took place on Tuesday May 26, at approximately 11:40 am when Amanda W., a 30 year old Black Lasalle resident, was waiting in line in front of the SAQ store, in the Place Lasalle parking lot on Champlain Boulevard.

UN « VOTE HISTORIQUE » : LE CONSEIL MUNICIPAL ADOPTE À L'UNANIMITÉ UNE RÉSOLUTION VISANT À DÉNONCER LE RACISME ANTI-ASIATIQUE


Montréal, 17 juin 2020 — Hier soir, le Conseil municipal de Montréal a adopté à l'unanimité une résolution déposée le mois dernier par le conseiller municipal Marvin Rotrand, qui demande au conseil municipal de « dénoncer unanimement et vigoureusement les actes de haine, de racisme et de violence envers les personnes de diverses origines asiatiques à Montréal ».

A “HISTORIC VOTE”: CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTE YES TO MOTION TO DENOUNCE ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IN MONTREAL


Montreal, June 17, 2020 — Last night, Montreal’s City Council unanimously adopted a Motion tabled by City Councillor Marvin Rotrand, which calls on City Council to “unanimously and vigorously denounce acts of hate, racism, and violence directed towards persons of diverse Asian origins in Montreal.”