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Gatineau police officer suspended for 6 days for racist comments
Const. Charles Carpentier told Muslim man that Arabs were parasites and that his breath smelled
CBC News Posted: Jul 24, 2017 12:04 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 24, 2017 3:08 PM ET
Gatineau police officer was suspended without pay after making racist comments.
A Gatineau police officer has received a six-day suspension without pay for making racist comments while arresting a Muslim man almost five years ago.
Const. Charles Carpentier made the comments to Walid Benmoussa during a drug-related bust on Aug. 16, 2012. The officer was found guilty of several offences by Quebec's police ethics committee in July 2014.
In a penalty decision dated July 18, 2017, the committee wrote that Benmoussa was arrested during a drug bust that resulted from a drug trafficking investigation into his friend.
Benmoussa was found to be in possession of one gram each of hashish and marijuana.
He was handcuffed and brought into a Gatineau police cruiser, where Carpentier told Benmoussa: "Tu pues de la yeulle estie de rapace." There is no direct translation of the French phrase, but it roughly translates to "You f---ing parasite, your breath stinks."
Benmoussa replied his breath was bad because it was Ramadan and he had been fasting all day.
Carpentier replied: "Vous les Arabes, vous êtes des esties de rapace," which translates roughly into "You Arabs, you're all f---ing parasites."
Carpentier has been an officer since November 2008.
Benmoussa pleaded guilty to drug possession charges and received an absolute discharge in June 2014.
Read the committee's penalty decision in French here.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-police-racist-comment-suspension-1.4218776
Const. Charles Carpentier told Muslim man that Arabs were parasites and that his breath smelled
CBC News Posted: Jul 24, 2017 12:04 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 24, 2017 3:08 PM ET
Gatineau police officer was suspended without pay after making racist comments.
A Gatineau police officer has received a six-day suspension without pay for making racist comments while arresting a Muslim man almost five years ago.
Const. Charles Carpentier made the comments to Walid Benmoussa during a drug-related bust on Aug. 16, 2012. The officer was found guilty of several offences by Quebec's police ethics committee in July 2014.
In a penalty decision dated July 18, 2017, the committee wrote that Benmoussa was arrested during a drug bust that resulted from a drug trafficking investigation into his friend.
Benmoussa was found to be in possession of one gram each of hashish and marijuana.
He was handcuffed and brought into a Gatineau police cruiser, where Carpentier told Benmoussa: "Tu pues de la yeulle estie de rapace." There is no direct translation of the French phrase, but it roughly translates to "You f---ing parasite, your breath stinks."
Benmoussa replied his breath was bad because it was Ramadan and he had been fasting all day.
Carpentier replied: "Vous les Arabes, vous êtes des esties de rapace," which translates roughly into "You Arabs, you're all f---ing parasites."
Carpentier has been an officer since November 2008.
Benmoussa pleaded guilty to drug possession charges and received an absolute discharge in June 2014.
Read the committee's penalty decision in French here.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-police-racist-comment-suspension-1.4218776
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