Black man handcuffed while trying enter his own car sues Montreal police for $125K
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A Montreal resident who was captured in a viral video last fall showing him in handcuffs while trying to enter his own vehicle is suing the police for $125,000.
A Montreal resident who was captured in a viral video last fall showing him in handcuffs while trying to enter his own vehicle is suing the police for $125,000.
The online video showed part of the police intervention when the two arresting officers couldn't find the keys to the handcuffs so that they could release the innocent man, Brice Dossa.
Dossa, who is Black, filed a civil lawsuit in Superior Court on Tuesday, alleging the two arresting officers abused their authority, had no information to suggest Dossa's Honda CRV SUV was stolen or that he was not the owner, and that they "engaged in racial profiling."
"Based on Mr. Dossa's race and skin colour, they assumed that he was a thief, without doing any verification to confirm their intuition," reads part of the allegations in the document.
None of the allegations in the lawsuit have been tested in court.
CTV News did not immediately receive a response for comment from Montreal police, which is named as a defendant along with police officers Simon Thibault-Pelletier and Simon Bolduc.
Dossa, 44, was leaving a McDonald's at the Marché Central in Ahuntsic-Cartierville with his order and returning to his vehicle when he was approached and then detained by two plainclothes officers on Nov. 3, 2022. The lawsuit alleged the officers did not identify themselves as Montreal police officers.
