Man shot dead in NDG was Black
The man whom police shot dead on Thursday morning in NDG was, it emerges, Black.
François Legault needs to look at this incident, even meditate on it. What is systemic racism and why is it so difficult to see? A cop is faced with a disturbed person: the split-second decision – the only safe thing to do is shoot him dead – is where the problem lies. It’s there in plain sight, in a sadly long list including Anthony Griffin, Alain Magloire and Pierre Coriolan and this man on Thursday morning.
What do the police do when it’s a white guy, or a woman, off their head and raving, with or without a potential weapon? We don’t hear so much about them getting blown away.
Sue Montgomery is angry that this happened on her patch.
Update: and now the police brotherhood is angry that Sue Montgomery is angry.
Meezly 13:23 on 2020-10-30 Permalink
The link doesn’t work, FYI.
Meezly 13:26 on 2020-10-30 Permalink
I would really like Legault and borough mayors to take a look at SF’s example: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/924146486/removing-cops-from-behavioral-crisis-calls-we-need-to-change-the-model
Blork 15:34 on 2020-10-30 Permalink
Regarding Legault’s denial of systemic racism, I see two possibilities:
Either he is extremely stupid and prescriptive and refuses to see systemic racism simply because there is no explicit POLICY written down in the SYSTEM that says “shoot black people but don’t shoot white people” …
…or there is something else going on, such as a reluctance to admit to something that could open the door to lawsuits and whatnot.
I don’t think he’s quite that stupid, so it’s gotta be that other thing, in which case no amount of reasoning or explanation will make a difference.
Kate 15:59 on 2020-10-30 Permalink
Meezly, thanks for the correction. Miscoded. Fixed.
Meezly 16:42 on 2020-10-30 Permalink
Blork, I had very similar questions, and Jack’s explanation in this thread helped explain a lot (at least to me): https://mtlcityweblog.com/2020/10/05/covid-app-given-quebec-nod/#comment-150411