Socially Profiling the Homeless in Montréal
Submitted on July 3, 2011
July 2, 2011 - Coop Média de Montréal
[Bernard] St-Jacques is [a] community organizer for public space and jurisdiction [in Montréal] and the author of a report on social profiling released last Wednesday...85 per cent of the respondents to [the] questionnaire described the relations between homeless people and police as negative: 56 per cent reported being the victims of physical abuse and 46 per cent reported verbal abuse or discrimination. Sixty-one per cent indicated they still frequently receive fines.
