Two Montreal police officers who unlawfully arrested a Black man driving a Mercedes in Montreal West have each been suspended for 13 days by the police ethics committee. Civil rights activists criticized the punishment for being too lax, saying it demonstrates the need for tougher penalties for police officers who commit racial profiling. Benoît was actually suspended 34 days and Bernard-Thomassin for 28 days, but because sanctions are served concurrently their punishments were reduced to 13 days — five of which, in each case, were for racial profiling. The officers also went through and deleted content from a video camera McRae uses to record interactions with police, and lied in police reports, according to Rivard. McRae said that, after checking his papers, the officer told him the lights above in his licence plate weren't working.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2020 12:58 UTC