Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Why did Montreal cops kill Mohamed-Anas Bennis?

When you live in a city with a murder rate this low, it's always troubling when one of those less-than-weekly killings was carried out by a police officer on a man with no criminal record. Doubly so when the victim is a member of a visible minority. The official line of our police is that Cote-des-Neiges resident Mohamed-Anas Bennis was shot and killed in self-defence after he attacked them with a knife - while on his way home from morning prayers at his local mosque last December 1st.

Fellow Montrealer kersplebedeb over at Sketchy Thoughts has been following this questionable situation - and the shamelessly marginal coverage of it by our local media - with a keenly jaundiced eye. Go have a look.

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1 comment:

Scott in Montreal said...

eteba: that would be one extremely uppity cop. As much as I try to give the benefit of the doubt, something doesn't jibe here. And I'm wondering if there shouldn't be a Coroner's Inquest. The Muslim community has good reason to suspect a cover-up may be happening here. If the police truly have nothing to hide, then an inquest is in order to clear the air. And if there is any fishy business, that's a surer way to uncover it than calling in the Quebec City force to investigate.