Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada publicly stated that her Black husband was stopped by police at least 5 or 6 times over the past year with no justification. This statement comes as Montreal police are actively investigating 16 officers for alleged racist behavior, and the mayor is calling for a moratorium on random police checks — part of broader efforts to address systemic racism concerns within the city's police service that have been ongoing since at least the 2009 Montréal-Nord unrest.