Parent's Youth Not Enough To Improve Race Relations With Police

With the new polic chief Marc Parent taking over, I thought about Anthony Griffin and police race relations. Because Parent is young at 46, people are hoping he'll improve the mistrust between minority groups and the police. Don't hold your breath. See, the problem isn't fixing "procedures." It's about educating your police force. Or better yet, ensuring you train an enlightened police force as opposed to just giving them technical training. Years ago, my cousin's friend was a cop and we'd hang out. He'd be candid and frank with us that cops were  indeed racist. Montreal has a lot of work to do and I'm not convinced the commitment is there.

I still hear stories about cops telling Quebecers of non-Francophone background telling them "to go back where they come from." That shit shouldn't happen at all. Law enforcement is big on zero tolerance when it suits them but what about zero tolerance in circumstances when they mistreat the public?

I love this video. It's two guys driving around filming things for some reason. They come across a cop who enters his car and tries to gain access onto the street without his flasher. The driver of the car says, "not without your flasher" they say in French. But the cop makes his own laws and cuts in anyway. Further up, he shows more of his selfish and imprudent driving abilities to which the kids in the car respond in French, "he's fucking nuts."