{
  "id": 6426802,
  "title": "Montreal police allegedly cut locs from people's hair. Here's the anti-Black history behind that",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/montreal-police-allegedly-cut-locs-from-peoples-hair-heres-the-anti-6426802",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-nord-racism-allegations-history-9.7328103"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sixteen police officers are under investigation over racist acts targeting Black and Arab people. Two historians explain how the alleged cutting and collecting of locs connects to a history of slavery, racism and control over Black bodies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}