A former Montreal police officer and crisis intervention specialist is calling on the government to implement proper training and protocols when using spit masks.
Protesters marched in downtown Montreal Friday to demand justice for Nicous D'Andre Spring, who died after an altercation with guards at a Montreal jail in December. Family, friends and protesters are calling for the footage of the altercation to be released and for an end to the use of spit hoods.
"We’re getting the word out there as to why our people should feel proud of their history," community leader Michael Farkas says ahead of February s events.
Quebec’s chief coroner has ordered a public inquiry into the death of a 21-year-old man last month after he was seriously injured at Montreal s Bordeaux jail. Nicous D Andre Spring was unlawfully held at the detention centre when guards fitted his head with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed him twice following an altercation on Dec. 24. He was pronounced dead in hospital the following day.
The civil rights group Red Coalition has called for an investigation into systemic racism following the death of illegally held 21-year-old black man Nicous D André Spring at Bordeaux jail. Speaking