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Montreal Police Apologize To Man Wrongfully Detained For Trying To Kill Cop
Mamadi III Fara Camara was arrested on Jan. 28 in connection with an attack on a Montreal police officer. Jacob Serebrin, Canadian Press
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Montreal’s police chief publicly apologized Friday to the man wrongfully arrested, charged and detained for almost a week in connection with an attack on a city police officer.
Chief Sylvain Caron said results from DNA analyses “allow us to exonerate” Mamadi III Fara Camara, who was arrested Jan. 28 after a police officer was allegedly disarmed and attacked following a traffic stop in Montreal’s Parc Extension borough.
Trudeau described the case of Mamadi III Fara Camara, who was held for six days and then released with charges stayed, as "troubling" but said he has confidence Quebec authorities will figure out what happened.
Caron said he spoke with Camara Friday. We agreed to meet in the coming days so I can offer our most sincere apologies to him and his family for all the inconveniences tied to the unfortunate events of the last few days, he told reporters, reading from prepared statements. We are human, we sympathize with them, Caron said, about Camara s family. My apologies, I offer them publicly.
Camara spent almost a week in detention when prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all the charges including attempted murder of a police officer after they said evidence had surfaced absolving him. The case prompted politicians and civil rights groups to demand an independent investigation.
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