# Montreal police allegedly cut people’s locs: the anti-Black history behind it

https://mins.news/en/item/51390

- CBC News, 2026-09-09 08:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-nord-racism-allegations-history-9.7328103?cmp=rss

> Sixteen police officers are under investigation for alleged racist acts targeting Black and Arab people. Two historians explain how the alleged cutting and collecting of locs is tied to histories of slavery, racism and control over Black bodies.