Man’s coat provokes police intervention
A man whom police felt had no business wearing a red North Face jacket was apprehended (although not arrested) in St-Michel and questioned because a similar coat had been stolen in a robbery last month. QMI describes the man as “hispanophone”; CTV mentions the colour of his skin.
jeather 10:39 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
A police officer not wearing a mask! Because they had to rush to speak to this guy wearing the only red North Face jacket in the world.
walkerp 11:47 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
Here is what really happened:
Cops drive by and see this guy, there is some interchange, possibly even as subtle as a sideways glance by the “perp”.
Little man cop feels disrespected, turns the car around (or asks his partner to) and they follow the guy until he gets to his home.
Cop then fakes an issue (the jacket theft may or may not be real, he may or may not have had anything to do with the investigation) and uses that as an excuse to harrass this guy.
Victims in question are used to this kind of treatment, which is why they smartly walked to their property and started filming.
It’s just a straight-up power trip and what makes it worse is the SPVM’s absolute bullshit twitter response where they back up the cop’s lie and make up more bullshit about not having time to put on the mask.
This is it in a nutshell. This is why they need to be defunded. It is not only accepted, but condoned that they use their authority and force to avenge a personal insult. And for sure race is a factor here. They could have done the same thing to a white male, but the chances are much less smaller and it probably would have been a verbal interchange rather than a show of physical force.
Chris 13:29 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
>a show of physical force
Did we watch the same video? What show of force?
walkerp 14:16 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
He grabs him by the arm and pulls him down the stairs to the street.
If that guy was a civilian doing that, good chance he gets hands.
Ephraim 14:31 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
Police can’t find a $35K car and they think they can ID a red jacket worth $300 and it’s worth their time?
My question and it’s like the same question I have all the time, what are you, Mr. Policeman, going to say in front of the commission, if he charges you? How are you going to explain why you stopped this person? What proof did you have? When there were likely hundreds of similar jackets in Montreal.
dwgs 17:11 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
Try thousands. That exact jacket was the cool one to have for the youngsters two winters ago, I know because I had to find one for a Xmas present and it wasn’t easy. Even online places were sold out. There is one hanging in my vestibule in that exact color at this moment. Chances are that my white skinned blond haired kid isn’t going to be grabbed up while standing on his porch though.
DeWolf 19:49 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
Just curious, if there are any legal experts here, what would have happened if the guy had gone inside his house? Would the police have busted down the door or would they have been forced to back off because they would have needed an arrest warrant?
Ephraim 21:47 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
I find at least 5 of them listed on Facebook. (The one in my vestibule is Timberland).
MarcG 22:32 on 2021-01-19 Permalink
@DeWolf: I was thinking the same thing; go inside and lock the door, what happens next?