‘They pushed me:’ Black man says he was racially profiled by Montreal police
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A family is seeking answers from authorities after they say the aspiring professional football player was handcuffed and wrongfully ticketed in Montreal's north end.
A 23-year-old man and his mother are alleging racial profiling, abuse of power and excessive force by Montreal police after he was stopped while driving earlier this month.
The family is seeking answers from authorities after they say the aspiring professional football player was handcuffed and wrongfully ticketed in the city’s north end.
“I feel really bad. I feel humiliated because I’m not that type of person,” Jeff Guervil, who is Black, told reporters while detailing the allegations Tuesday. “I’m a good person.”
The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Aug. 12 while Guervil, who is a linebacker, was driving to a football game.
“When I was driving, a police car saw me and when I came in front of him, he saw me and he intercepted me,” Guervil said.
Guervil alleges says he was asked for a piece of identification so he handed the police officer his insurance papers and a temporary document issued by Quebec’s automobile insurance board, known as the SAAQ.
Due to unspecified technical problems at the SAAQ, Guervil had a temporary document from the provincial office to attest to his right to drive the car.
Guervil says he waited for 30 minutes and managed to call his mother when a police officer came back and requested he get out of the car “because my licence might be false.”.
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