No Criminal Charges in Police Shooting of Black Man Nicholas Gibbs at NDG

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In this case, the intervention was legal and was based mainly on the duty imposed on the police officers to ensure, from the first moments to the end of the shooting sequence, the safety of their colleagues as well as that of the citizens under their command. control. protection. ”

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Paul Cherry • Montreal Gazette

Erma Gibbs, mother of Nicholas Gibbs, listens as her daughter Tricia speaks at a vigil outside the Montreal Police Brotherhood office in Montreal on October 22, 2018, for families of people who have been killed by police.
Erma Gibbs, mother of Nicholas Gibbs, listens as her daughter Tricia speaks at a vigil outside the Montreal Police Brotherhood office in Montreal on October 22, 2018, for families of people who have been killed by police. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

Quebec’s criminal prosecution office has determined that no criminal charges will be brought against Montreal police officers in an intervention that resulted in the shooting murder of a black man in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce three years ago.

Nicholas Gibbs, 23, was shot three times on August 21, 2018 after police officers responded to a call that two men were involved in a fight.

According to a statement released by the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et penales (DPCP) on Tuesday, Gibbs was carrying a knife and refused to throw it away when ordered to do so by police. He also broke the window of a police vehicle and attempted to disarm one of the first two officers to arrive.

The DPCP also reports that police tried to use at least two other alternative methods, rather than their firearms, to arrest Gibbs, including pepper spray, but they did not work.

One of the police officers fired five shots at Gibbs while approaching another officer who was “cornered” and hit Gibbs three times. Gibbs is also said to have said “shoot me” before he was shot.

Reference-montrealgazette.com

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