Ted Rutland on “community policing”
Ted Rutland writes in The Rover about the recent history of the Longueuil police force and how it culminated in the killing of Nooran Rezayi, including the allegation that police had been hassling Nooran and his friends for months before the shooting.
walkerp 10:14 on 2025-09-29 Permalink
Everyone should read this article. This is basically first-degree murder:
It may have been this operation that put certain Longueuil police officers in regular contact with Nooran and his friends. In an interview posted on Tuesday, a friend of Nooran’s claimed the officer who fired the fatal shots had been harassing them for months and had ticketed them unjustifiably.
“We already knew the officer,” the friend said. “Every time (we encountered him), he made racist remarks, insulted us, yelled at us, abused his power.”
The officer, according to the friend, devoted special attention to Nooran: “Several times, (the officer) came, saw Nooran, and harassed him for no reason.”
Kevin 11:24 on 2025-09-29 Permalink
Sterling reputation? Fady Dagher tried to improve their rep during his short time as their police chief, but there is still a long list of racial profiling cases in Longueuil, including black people being subject to 14 percent of the random stops even though they make up just 7 percent of the population.
Ian 20:06 on 2025-09-29 Permalink
police think they have the authority to kill a minority
Joey 09:51 on 2025-09-30 Permalink
Bureaucracies of all shapes and sizes absolutely refuse to learn the lesson that one bad apple spoils the bunch.