Not exact matches
And he noted that politics «has never been more
racialized,» pointing to the «white ethno - nationalist atmosphere» under President Donald Trump,
police brutality and the immigration issue.
The legislation does not require
police to report any carding arising during traffic stops (and we know in Ottawa the
police do love to stop
racialized drivers for no reason).
Skof ignores that driving wedges between the
police and
racialized communities may actually harm investigations and disincentivize community co-operation.
The Commission's findings suggest that
racialized characteristics, especially those of black people, in combination with other factors, provoke
police suspicion, at least in Metro Toronto.
With the demise of both the carding practices and the TAVIS program, the legal system has an opportunity to reflect on the practices of
policing and its relationship with
racialized communities.
Unfortunately this often translates into a disproportionately high amount of contact and friction between
police and
racialized communities in these neighbourhoods.
The
police were in fact patrolling a different neighbourhood, 20 km away on the other side of the city, albeit one that has a high crime rate and also a significantly higher proportion of
racialized communities.
While this new approach may improve
police relations with
racialized communities, Tanovich's point that such discourse rarely makes it into judicial decisions still holds true.
Although the intended goal of carding and TAVIS was to create and collect databases of populations in high crime areas, who also happen to be largely
racialized, the unintended consequence is we now have a record of these same interactions by the
police.
Taking immediate steps to reform
policing practices in BC that are harmful to marginalized communities, including First Nations and
racialized communities, as well as people who use drugs 2.
Our submission provided information about racial profiling and how to identify it; explained (1) why the OPP's DNA collection from migrant workers appeared to be consistent with racial profiling, and (2) how
police DNA collection may disproportionately affect
racialized and marginalized groups; and made recommendations on how the OPP can address racial bias in its
policing.
Egan ignores that driving wedges between the
police and
racialized communities may actually harm investigations and disincentivize community co-operation.