The Quebec Superior Court has prohibited police across the province from making motor vehicle stops without cause. • "Racial profiling does exist ... It manifests itself in particular among Black drivers," said Judge Michel Yergeau, following his ruling on Tuesday. • The decision comes after Montrealer Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a 22-year-old Black man, told the court he gets ready to pull over whenever he sees a police cruiser. • In the 18 months after he got his driver's licence, Luamba said he was stopped around 10 times for no specific reason, which caused him to file a lawsuit against the Canadian and Quebec governments in May. • "I was frustrated," he told the court. "Why was I stopped? I followed the rules. I didn't commit any infractions." • Common law has allowed Canadian police to stop drivers for no reason. • But lawyers for Luamba and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), told the court that such power enables racial profiling. • "Racialized communities know that randomness was never actually part of it," said Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, executive director and general counsel of the CCLA. • The court decided that the practice violates the rights guaranteed by Sections 7 and 9 and paragraph 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. • There will be a six-month delay before the rules allowing random stops are officially invalid. • Quebec Premier Fançois Legault told reporters today that his government will assess the "long" ruling before deciding whether to appeal it. • "We are against racial profiling, but in certain areas of Montreal we need the police to continue to do their job on a random basis," he said. "It's not about racial profiling ... It's about safety." • • • 📄:Isaac Olson Photos: Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press, Michel Aspirot/CBC,Jean-Claude Taliana/CBC/Radio-Canada, Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press @cbcmontreal #bbic #beingblackincanada #montreal