Family boycotts inquest

Five years ago, a couple on Île Bizard called police when their son was intoxicated and distraught and threatening to drive away. In the ensuing events with police, the young man died of heart failure. Now his parents are boycotting a coroner’s inquest into his death, saying the situation is too biased in favour of the police.

The BEI already cleared the police officers of wrongdoing in 2019, and prosecutors elected not to lay charges.