BC Civil Liberties Association calls for end to police street checks
Jun 30, 2020 ·
16m 42s
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Street checks are when police stop someone in public to question them and record their information in a police database, outside the context of an investigation. Statistics show that Black...
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Street checks are when police stop someone in public to question them and record their information in a police database, outside the context of an investigation. Statistics show that Black and Indigenous people are by far the most common target of this kind of police attention. The BC Civil Liberties Association, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and the Hogan’s Alley Society are calling for a stop to the practice. We talk with BCCLA policy lawyer Latoya Farrell about their concerns about the legality and usefulness of street checks.
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