Quebec will be holding an inquiry later this month into the wrongful arrest of Mamadi Camara, who was charged and detained in the attempted murder of a police officer in Parc-Extension two weeks ago.
Mamadi Fara Camara, wrongly jailed for six days, cancels Tout le monde en parle appearance He is still extremely upset by the events, said his lawyer, Cédric Materne, who did appear on the show
Author of the article: Susan Schwartz • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 07, 2021 • February 7, 2021 • 1 minute read • People take part in a protest to denounce police abuses and in support of Mamadi Fara Camara and his family on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Montreal. Camara was released after being arrested and detained for six days after being accused in an assault on a police officer last week. Photo by Ryan Remiorz /The Canadian Press
They said the treatment of Mamadi Fara Camara, who spent six nights in jail after being wrongfully charged with attacking a police officer, wasn t an isolated case.
MONTREAL — Politicians and civil rights groups said Thursday an independent investigation is needed to determine how a Montreal man ended up in jail for almost a week before allegations that he tried. . .
Montreal police say arrest, 6-night detention of man was not case of racial profiling
While investigators hunt for whoever attacked and disarmed a Montreal police officer during a routine traffic stop last week, the force’s top brass is defending the arrest and six-night detention of an apparently innocent man.
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