RACISM, BIGOTRY & HATE

Black Nova Scotians stopped more frequently.

Do police not need probably cause to stop a person?

"The committee was struck as a result of a provincially commissioned study of random police stops — known as street checks — by criminologist Scott Wortley in March 2019. Wortley’s review found that African Nova Scotians were about six times more likely to be the subjects of random police stops than their representation in the population would predict."

https://globalnews.ca/news/9099896/nova-scotia-race-based-data-police-stops/?utm_campaign=David%20Akin%27s%20%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%A6%20Roundup&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) is a victim of Stop and Frisk in this episode of Chicago PD

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