The Quebec City police force said Tuesday it has suspended five officers who were involved in violent altercations with two young Black people outside a downtown nightclub on the weekend.
The officers are suspended with pay as part of an “evolving investigation,” into an incident that took place outside the Dagobert nightclub on Grande-Allée Street early Saturday morning, a Service de Police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ) spokesperson said.
Video footage that’s been shared widely on social media show officers punching and kicking snow in the face of a young Black man while he was lying on the ground restrained. Another video shows police dragging a young Black woman through the
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