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A coroner’s report into the death of a Black man shot and killed by police in a town northeast of Montreal recommends the municipal force acquire and train officers in the use of intermediary weapons.

Jean René Junior Olivier was killed on Aug. 1, 2021 in Repentigny, Que., as he was experiencing a mental health crisis.

In February, Quebec’s Crown prosecutor’s office decided there were no grounds to lay criminal charges against any of the officers in connection with the fatal shooting.

Later that month, Olivier’s family announced it was suing local police for $430,000. [...]

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The Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec has ordered the city of Repentigny, Que., to pay a Black man $8,000 in damages after he was racially profiled by police.

"On the one hand, they recognize that I was the victim of racial profiling but at the same time, the police get away unscathed," said François Ducas.

Back in November 2020, the Quebec Human Rights Commission ruled that three Repentigny police officers had racially profiled Ducas, a high school teacher, when they stopped and arrested him in 2017.

Ducas was driving to work in his BMW when police pulled him over.

He asked why he was being stopped and the officers handcuffed and searched him. He was issued two tickets, one for obstructing police work and the other for insulting an officer.

The tickets were later dismissed.

"Never in my life did I think I would be handcuffed like a criminal one morning on my way to work in Quebec," Ducas has said.

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Officers in a city just east of Montreal will be responding to mental crisis situations alongside social workers,  the Repentigny police service announced Friday.

And if the situation is non-violent, social workers may respond to the call alone in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle, said Repentigny police Chief Helen Dion.

The initiative is the result of a collaboration between the regional health authority, CISSS de Lanaudière, and the provincial Health Ministry.

"This project aims to better adapt the support we offer to the population," said Dion.

She said 40 per cent of 911 calls made in 2021 were related to a mental crisis and to respond to these calls, specialized personnel are better suited to help.

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“Threats To Shoot Lead To Arrest,” Montreal Gazette. September 17, 1931. Page 7. ---- Farmer at Repentigny Seeks Police Protection for His Household --- Charged with uttering threats and damaging property, Horace Lefebvre, of Repentigny, Que., appeared yesterday. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and enquete was set for September 22. Due to the fact that, according to the police, Lefebvre has already served 12 years in the St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, bail was refused him.

Lefebvre was arrested on Tuesday night at Repentigny by the provincial police after he had eluded them for some time. He was found hiding behind a chimney of a hunting lodge where, the police say, he had gone to get a rifle claiming that he was going to ‘shoot up’ the family of J. Gratton of Repentigny, where he was staying. Because of the threats against his family, the police say, Gratton notified Deputy Chief Decale, of the provincial police, asking fro protection.

Detective Guyon and Constable Delisle were sent to the scene on Tuesday night. They learned that Lefebrve had asked Gratton for some liquor and after having been refused, ran amuck in the house. He smashed several windows, crockery, and furniture. Running out of the house, the police say, Lefebvre seized an axe and broke all the glass in Gratton’s automobile. He was then entering the house when he was overpowered and the axe taken away. Gratton told the police that Lefebvre then went away saying that he was going to get a gun.