The City of Gatineau says it will appeal a finding by Quebec's Human Rights Tribunal that the arrest of a Black man in 2013 was an instance of racial profiling. The man was arrested on Dec. 27, 2013, not long after Gatineau Police Service officers received a domestic violence call in the city's Mont-Bleu neighbourhood. The man told officers during the arrest that he believed it was an act of racial profiling, according to the decision issued by the tribunal in January. Police force implementing recommendationsThe tribunal also recommended the city train its police officers about the risks of racial profiling and create guidelines to identify and limit it. "The Gatineau Police Service does not tolerate social or racial profiling, and any officer or employee that would act otherwise will face consequences," Leduc said in the statement.

Source: CBC News February 19, 2021 23:40 UTC