A Montreal man who says he was racially profiled in an abusive arrest by the former Montreal police officer known as Officer 728 over six years ago has reached a $25,000 settlement with the city of Montreal.
Julian Menezes was offering moral support to a cyclist being ticketed by Stéfanie Trudeau and her partner when they arrested him in May 2012.
Menezes said he was treated roughly and called racial slurs by Trudeau and then was driven and dumped off far from the scene with a $146 ticket.
While Trudeau had denied the events, the Quebec Human Rights Commission sided with Menezes' version of events and awarded him $40,000 dollars in damages last year.
The city settled the case this past June.
Menezes said while he is happy with the settlement and is relieved this is now behind him, he said he's disappointed the city did not commit to setting up concrete measures to address racial profiling by police.
The civil rights group CRARR, which helped Menezes in the case, said the settlement is significant for such a racial profiling case.