A Montreal police officer was attacked, but the wrong man was arrested
Mamadi III Fara Camara’s lawyer says he called police to help an officer who had been attacked, and after trying to help, he was charged with attempted murder. Today, how this case of wrongful arrest fits into a wider debate about policing in Montreal.
Details are emerging about what happened in the wrongful arrest of Mamadi III Fara Camara.
He's the 31-year-old Black doctoral student who witnessed the brutal beating of a police officer in Montreal. His lawyer says he called 911 to report it, but later that day, Camara was arrested and charged with attempted murder of the officer.
Camara spent six nights in jail. He was eventually cleared, but what happened has spurred a lot of anger over police accountability. Today on Front Burner, CBC Montreal reporter Antoni Nerestant discusses Camara's story and how this is just one of several developments in recent weeks that have further fuelled the debate over policing in Montreal.