A ticket for not wearing a seatbelt that the accused was preparing to argue was in fact a case of racial profiling was dismissed Monday in Longueuil municipal court for overly long delays.  Read More

Michelle Lalonde • Montreal Gazette While the Black Lives Matter movement commands attention in the U.S. and in Toronto, Montreal’s black communities seem to have fallen silent, at least as far as traditional activism goes. Whenever an incident involving anti-black discrimination occurred in Montreal a couple of decades ago, a reporter had at least a dozen active black community organizations to call upon for comment. In fact, before the reporter had time to flip through her Rolodex — we are talking about the ’90s — several of the leaders of those organizations would have already called the newsroom to offer a comment, or announced a press conference or a rally.  Read More

Joel DeBellefeuille has just filed his third complaint in six years with Quebec's Police Ethics Commission, accusing the cops of racial profiling. Joel DeBellefeuille has just filed his third complaint in six years with Quebec’s Police Ethics Commission after he was stopped by Longueuil police Friday for what he considers another case of being penalized for simply “driving while black”.  Read More

With the recent event at Barney's, New York, it would appear that blacks should add S.W.B. or "Shopping While Black" to the list of supposed crimes for which we are racially profiled. Trayon Christian, a 19-year-old college student purchased a $350 Salvatore Ferragamo belt at Barney's, Christian alleges that he was stopped by undercover officers, questioned, hand-cuffed and taken to a local precinct. By Charmaine Nelson, ContributorProfessor of Art History 10/28/2013 12:24pm EDT | Updated January 23, 2014 A few of years ago a man by the name of Joël Debellefeuille was out for a drive with his wife and stepdaughter. For the purposes of this story it is important that we note that this man is black and that the car he was driving was a BMW sport-utility vehicle.  Read More

A south shore driver who was pulled over because a constable thought his last name didn't match his skin colour has had his charge thrown out, in a case that highlights ongoing racial profiling by police. Joël Debellefeuille was out for the day with his wife and stepdaughter when two Longueuil police officers pulled over his BMW sport-utility vehicle. Debellefeuille, who is black, says it was his fourth time getting pulled over in a short time, and he became frustrated.   Read More

Montréal, October 20, 2011 –The Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse is appearing today before the Québec Superior Court, Longueuil District, in a bid to reverse a municipal court ruling which failed to consider the defense of racial profiling in convicting a Black driver of obstructing the work of a peace officer.  Read More