04-07-2017 21:02 via montrealgazette.com

Black man detained while buying milk sees complaint dismissed

A Côte-des-Neiges man who was handcuffed and wrestled to the ground by Montreal police in a case of mistaken identity says he’s angry that his complaint to the Quebec police ethics commission has been dismissed.
Errol Burke said he entered a dépanneur to buy milk last February when police officers threw him to the ground, pointed their pistols at him and dragged him outside. Burke, a 54-year-old illustrator, said an officer also pinned him to a wall and then ordered him  
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