Const. Daniel Montsion trial may reopen wounds in police relations with minority communities

Two and a half years after the death of Abdirahman Abdi, his advocates fear the manslaughter trial of his alleged killer, Ottawa police Const. Daniel Montsion, will open unhealed wounds in marginalized communities where relations with police are under fresh scrutiny following another fatal incident between officers and a suspect.
“When the incident with Abdirahman Abdi happened, the relationship between the community and the policing institution was already quite fractured,” said Dah