MONTREAL - Nearly 17 years after the police shooting of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva sparked unrest in Montréal-Nord, activists and lawyers gathered Saturday to discuss recent allegations of racist behaviour involving Montreal police officers and what they mean for the community.
The discussion took place at the pavilion in Parc Henri-Bourassa, near the site where Villanueva was killed in August 2008, and came just over a week after Montreal police dismantled a night patrol unit in the borough amid allegations of racist and discriminatory conduct.
