Global News: Nova Scotia shuts down NDP call to end street checks
Nova Scotia shuts down NDP call to end street checks
The provincial government says it won’t heed an NDP call to “immediately” force police services in Nova Scotia to end street checks.
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NDP MLA Claudia Chender says the practice has “serious detrimental effects” on African Nova Scotians and other racialized communities.
“You could have someone who’s had 20 interactions with police, none of those interactions could have been precipitated by anything that person did — but the optics are bad,” Chender said.
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