More on the Park Ex cop attack story
La Presse has more on the Park Extension police attack story from two residents who say they gave refuge to Sanjay Vig, the policeman who alleges an attack from driver Mamadi III Fara Camara last week. I don’t remember a previous mention that Camara was driving for Uber at the time. That the driver took Vig’s gun and assaulted him in the face with some object, but didn’t shoot him, is more or less clarified here. Whether the driver also pulled the trigger and shot off a couple of bullets is less clear, but surely the police have technicians that can determine whether a gun has recently been used.
Camara’s basically sunk himself, whatever the details. He’s barred from returning to the Polytechnique, and, depending on his immigration status, may be facing deportation after this.
[But see the post from later on this same date. Nothing written in this post has any credibiity any longer.]
Bill Binns 11:47 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
I went back and read the comments on the previous thread about this incident and mmm *chef kiss*, right on script. This guy was being spoken of with nearly Fredy Villanueva levels of sainthood just 48 hours ago. All it took was video of the incident and a cop who is a visible minority himself.
Still no sympathy for the cop who got put in the hospital on our behalf?
Let’s hope Mr Camara keeps in touch and keeps in touch and lets us know how his life is going after prison and deportation.
David621 12:38 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Seems pretty clear the perp took his shot but didn’t strike true:
“Il a toutefois indiqué avoir entendu une balle siffler à son oreille lors de l’altercation.
Des témoins disent également avoir entendu deux coups de feu lors de l’évènement.”
And Bill – to be fair, the commenters on the other thread automatically assumed that the perp was the victim of the cop, the cop’s actions were motivated by hardcore racism, and the cop framed the innocent with attempted murder charges . . . BUT nobody said the African guy was some sort of saint, the general consensus was really only that logic dictates that the cop stopped and falsely arrested the guy due to racism (and, possibly, violent tendencies).
We’ll see what happens, but I’d be surprised if the guy’s counsel doesn’t use a laundry list of mitigating factors to win a slap on the wrist plea, so that if he finds a sucker Canadian to marry and keeps his nose clean at Bordeaux, he’ll be back driving uber cars before Trudeau’s next election.
qatzelok 12:42 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Bill Binns was “spot on” last time.
I think the anti-police bias of this blog’s commentariat has a lot to do with the general age demographic here.
When I was 15, I also feared and loathed “the narcs.” And Bill probably did too.
Tee Owe 12:54 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Qatzelok – you calling me old? or young? Whichever, watch it, I can take offense either way! And BTW – how would you know?
walkerp 12:56 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
We still don’t know what happened to trigger the conflict. Just because the cop lost the fight doesn’t mean that he didn’t start it and didn’t overreact and wasn’t motivated by racism. Why did he stop the guy in the first place?
There is so much missing info here as well as misinformation. Why was it reported that he was shot at first? A lot of it feels like police obfuscation to protect one of their own who may have fucked up on many levels.
And where is the video?
MarcG 13:05 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Anybody know how I can buy some sweet propaganda like this? https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/opinions/2021-02-02/lettre-a-l-agent-sanjay-vig/merci-beaucoup-d-etre-la-pour-nous.php
dhomas 14:35 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
I’m glad we’re getting to the bottom of this story, but there is still a section of time between when Mr Vig stopped Mr Camara and when he got to that apartment that merits investigation. Also, I said it in the last thread and will say it again: a cop that loses control over his weapon should probably be removed from active duty and given another task.
j2 15:02 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
It’s interesting how some are more interested in their internal narrative than what happened. I’ve read a lot of allegations and an account how the officer has been suspended for inappropriate conduct, and it seems to me everyone here could be at fault.
But see, reading the above commentary I was under the impression there was definitive proof of what happened. That LaPresse article certainly didn’t add anything besides an account that the cop fled from someone allegedly with a gun.
First, it seems to me I don’t want a cop to run from that. Second, how did this escalate to the point he had to? Stop the Uber driver, they remove your gun, shoot off a couple rounds and you run. I’m sure this is as open and shut as some of the commentariat think.
Kevin 16:58 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
All charges against Camara have been dropped.
walkerp 17:06 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Chef's kiss to you Bill Binns
I told you so.
Can we talk about this as a perfect example of structural racism? Not just what happened, but how certain people on this site were so quick to assume that he was guilty?
Again, though i feel chuffed, it really was the obvious call. The SPVM is a racist institution whose primary goal is to protect and enrich their bosses and themselves. Imagine if the video wasn’t there. This poor guy’s life would be absolutely destroyed simply for the “crime” of driving while black. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the story.
Mark Côté 17:39 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
The sad thing is that this probably won’t change the conversation here the next time this happens.
dhomas 19:05 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Is the video mentioned available anywhere? Or is it still confidential as the investigation is ongoing?
MarcG 19:57 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
I haven’t been able to find it.
qatzelok 20:30 on 2021-02-03 Permalink
Tee Owe, I absolutely know you’re either young or old, and both are extremely offensive.
Tee Owe 12:22 on 2021-02-04 Permalink
Qatzelok – you’re totally right on the first part. On the second part, I keep trying to be humorous and I keep failing – I’ll stick to my day job.