The latest case of police racism is yet another travesty of justice

If Mamadi Fara Camara receives a gargantuan civil settlement to compensate for his treatment and false arrest, perhaps the police and even Premier Legault will begin to recognize systemic racism has a real, harsh price.

Mamadi Fara Camara’s ordeal at the hands of Montreal police is another example of systemic racism that Quebec’s premier refuses to acknowledge, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of Radio-Canada

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

February 17, 2021

MONTREAL—Montreal is a great place to live. Unless you are a person of colour. Mamadi Fara Camara, a 31-year-old PhD student and instructor from Guinea, found this out on the evening of Jan. 28. He had been stopped by Montreal police for using a cellphone while driving, an offence he says he di...

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