Street checks a 'problem' in Halifax, says justice minister Social Sharing
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A CBC News analysis of more than 4,500 street checks in Halifax from 2017 and 2018 showed black people were 4.1 times more likely to be street checked than white people. Arab and Middle Eastern people were 2.9 times more likely to be checked.
NDP justice critic Claudia Chender believes it's rooted in discrimination.
‘It's not appropriate. It's evidence of systemic racism,’ she said.
Chender wants the government to take leadership on the issue by reconsidering an NDP plan to ban street checks altogether.
‘I think it would be a whole different policy that would have a kind of legislative origin around ensuring that African-Nova Scotians and other racialized Nova Scotians are not disproportionately targeted and stopped by the police because of the colour of their skin, she said.
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