Montreal police in spotlight at Indigenous hearing – CTV News

February 14, 2018

The Montreal police force was in the spotlight Wednesday as the Viens Commission continued its examination into the relationship between indigenous people and public services in Quebec.

Examples abounded about the strained relationship between indigenous communities and Montreal police.

“Those that are vulnerable are the ones that are getting targeted more by the police. So I don’t get targeted for standing in a metro, but I know my clients are getting ticketed,” said Nakuset, the executive director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal.

She alleges that advocating on behalf of the shelter’s clients is also dangerous.

“There was actually one of our outreach workers that got assaulted by police just for speaking out about police behaviour against an indigenous person,” she claimed.

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