We already know that the police are a racist institution that is part of the
systems of oppression responsible for systemic racism, but now a study on thepolice in Repentigny has come to reconfirm all this. The report is the result of
researchers from the Department of Sociology at UQAM and the School of
Criminology at the University of Montreal, the same people who carried out a
study on the SPVM where the results of the research were unequivocal, " Blacks,
Aboriginals and young Arabs are particularly victims of "systemic biases linked
to racial affiliation" by agents of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
(SPVM). "[1].
In Repentigny, "Blacks are three times more likely to be arrested than whites:
they represent 17% of cases, while they only constitute 7% of the city's
population. "[3]. Not surprisingly, when the police are questioned about racial
profiling, they are in total denial, as Massimiliano Mulone, one of the
researchers in the study, recounts: "What we observe when we question the police,
c is that they deny the existence of racial profiling or racism within their
workforce. ". The heads of the Police Department of the City of Repentigny (SPVR)
declared that they wanted to put in place an action plan for organizational
change based on an approach of equity, diversity and inclusion in addition to
reviewing their practices. taking into account the recommendations. But of
course, this is all buzzing, especially since the police deny their racism and
they cannot even understand the concepts of systemic racism and racial profiling.
Coming to recognize the systemic racism in the police force would come to having
to end this institution of oppression, which they never will. Racism is intrinsic
to the police institution. The latter was created to protect the established
order and the dominant, that is to say the whites, the patriarchy and the more
affluent, while pursuing this colonial mission of repression of the indigenous
populations, one of the pillars of the creation of the Canadian state. Coming to
recognize the systemic racism in the police force would come to having to end
this institution of oppression, which they never will. Racism is intrinsic to the
police institution. The latter was created to protect the established order and
the dominant, that is to say the whites, the patriarchy and the more affluent,
while pursuing this colonial mission of repression of the indigenous populations,
one of the pillars of the creation of the Canadian state. Coming to recognize the
systemic racism in the police force would come to having to end this institution
of oppression, which they never will. Racism is intrinsic to the police
institution. The latter was created to protect the established order and the
dominant, that is to say the whites, the patriarchy and the more affluent, while
pursuing this colonial mission of repression of the indigenous populations, one
of the pillars of the creation of the Canadian state.
In an interview with Radio-Canada, Fo Niemi, director of the Center for
Research-Action on Race Relations, recalled that: "At a certain point, the
Montreal police officers received training on Indigenous realities, and at
mid-point. Along the way, the native resource people had to cancel the rest of
the training, so there was so much denial, resistance and backlash. ".
The SPVR assassinates
On August 1, six police officers from the city of Repentigny participated in the
assassination of Jean René Junior Olivier, a black person whose mother called for
help since her son was in crisis and he was holding a table knife. As a result,
instead of having the necessary help, the latter received three bullets from the
police. "He told me that he saw people around him, people who wanted to hurt
him," said the victim's mother during a press briefing the day after the murder.
Obviously, Jean René needed help, but the answer was to pelt him with bullets[4].
Six police officers protected by bulletproof vests against a person in distress
with a mini knife and there was no other possibility according to them but to
kill him. Combat techniques to disarm a person?Teaser-gun(in the worst case)?
These questions are futile for the police, they are trained to kill, not to ask
questions. He shoots to "neutralize", that is to say to kill and not to disarm
the person. This event is reminiscent of all the other murders of black people by
the police in Montreal, including that of the young Fredy Villanueva in 2008 when
the latter was playing dice with friends in a park in Montreal-North ... The
years go by and nothing has happened. changes despite the pseudonyms "awareness"
and the multiple formations of the different police forces. The problem lies in
the police institution that must be abolished and replaced by a few other things
where people will be revocable and accountable for their actions while being
anchored and in touch with the inhabitants of the neighborhoods where they operate.
1. Romain Schué for Radio-Canada:Blacks, Aboriginals and Arabs strongly
discriminated against by the SPVM .
2. Ibid .
3. Radio-Canada:Blacks three times more likely to be arrested in Repentigny .
4. Radio-Canada:Black man shot dead in Repentigny: "I called for help, and my son
was killed" .
by Collectif Emma Goldman
http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2021/09/repentigny-la-police-locale-entre.html
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