A police officer looks on as people hold up signs during a gathering in Mount Royal Park calling for justice for the death of George Floyd and all victims of police brutality in Montreal, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Quebec Premier François Legault announced Monday he is creating a provincial task force to draft an anti-racism action plan by Christmas.
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Montreal police operate with a culture of impunity fuelled by indifference in the city administration to complaints of racial profiling, violence and other forms of discrimination, according to a new report on systemic racism in the city.
The police force also works without data and concrete objectives for diversifying its work force, a vacuum that has made it unrepresentative of the community, much like other Montreal city departments, the report by the city’s independent public consultation office says.
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