Nine Black Montreal police officers have signed a letter calling on their union president to acknowledge systemic racism exists in the force, after he downplayed the issue in several interviews earlier this month. Montreal police Chief Sylvain Caron has acknowledged the need to address long-running complaints about racial profiling by SPVM officers. That adds to systemic racism, he said, because most officers don't have the chance to get to know the communities where they work. Union president defends positionFrancoeur wrote a reply to the officers, defending his refusal to acknowledge systemic racism within the force. He also said the term "systemic racism" suggests everyone is deliberately implicated in a racist system.

Source: CBC News June 28, 2020 16:09 UTC