A Quebec anti-racism organization is launching a “legal hub” of lawyers with an expertise in racial profiling to help potential victims. Lawyers Against Racial Profiling (LARP) is an initiative by Red Coalition.  Read More

An Iranian man in Quebec says he was racially profiled by police when they conducted a “routine stop,” which he says led to over $1,100 in ticket fines for providing his insurance papers “too late,” possessing two packs contraband cigarettes and obstructing a peace officer. Iman Niknam held a press conference on Wednesday alongside the Red Coalition, an anti-police profiling organization, detailing the “gross incompetence and troubling unprofessionalism” by Roussillon Police when the incident occurred back on July 8.  Read More

A Quebec anti-racism group alleges a random police stop on Montreal’s South Shore earlier this month led to more than $1,100 in fines – in large part for having what police deemed were contraband cigarettes. Red Coalition says Iman Niknam was stopped by Roussillon police in Sainte Catherine, south of Montreal, July 8 around 8 a.m. suspected he was being racially profiled and asked the officer why she was stopping him.  Read More

A Montreal man says he intends to file a human rights complaint against police officers on the South Shore after a traffic stop earlier this month. Iman Niknam was on his way to meet with a client on a typical Sunday morning on July 8 when he says he was racially profiled by two Roussillon police officers. He said he was given three tickets worth more than $1,100.  Read More

An aerospace engineer who serves in the Canadian Armed Forces is accusing police officers in Quebec of racially profiling and harassing him while he was out on a run. Capt. Pierre Emanuel Joseph, a 37-year-old Black man, held a press conference Wednesday alongside members of The Red Coalition, a Canadian anti-police profiling and systemic racism lobbying organization. They detailed what they called the “egregious treatment” he was subjected to back in the fall of 2021 when police stopped him while he was out for a long-distance run.  Read More

A member of the Canadian military is alleging Laval police officers racially profiled him while he was out for a jog. Pierre Emanuel Joseph says police arrested him after asking for his ID and was eventually charged. It’s been nearly two years but Joseph says he’s finally ready to talk about what happened in October 2021. He was finishing up a run in Laval and he was walking on the street That’s when he says Laval police stopped him.  Read More