Quebec Superior Court authorizes class-action over traffic stops without reason
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A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action suit brought on behalf of racialized motorists who were stopped by police without reason to suspect an offence.
A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action suit brought on behalf of racialized people who were stopped while behind the wheel by police without reason to suspect an offence.
Justice Catherine Piché authorized the lawsuit in a ruling rendered last month, which targets police in eight defendant cities and the Quebec attorney general, which represents the provincial police.
The list of defendants covers police patrolling much of the province, including its largest cities — Montreal and surrounding suburbs, Gatineau and Quebec City.
“It follows that even if we remain cautious at this stage … the present request appears to me to be anything but frivolous,” Piché wrote.
The lawsuit was filed in November 2022 by Papa Ndianko Gueye, following a stop in Longueuil, Que. just south of Montreal.
He represents “any racialized person who has been the victim of racial profiling during a traffic stop without reason to suspect the commission of an offence by the police services of one of the defendant cities or by the Quebec provincial police since May 23, 2019.”
Gueye alleges he was stopped while driving his white Audi on March 26, 2021, but didn’t commit a traffic violation. The officer told him he’d stopped him for driving over the speed limit, and Gueye alleged the officer became aggressive and summoned backup quickly.
A few days after the stop, he went to the police station to ask about the interception but was told police did not have any record of it. He received three tickets in the mail, including one for speeding. He alleges the interception was based on “no genuine motive” and characterized it as racial profiling.
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