What are your rights around street checks? Law prof has some answers
“In the wake of a report that found that black people in Halifax are six times more likely to be the subject of a street check, Nova Scotia's justice minister has stopped short of banning the practice and has instead directed the province's police departments to cease using quotas for street checks
Many are saying that doesn't go far enough, including NDP MLA Claudia Chender, who called for, at minimum, a temporary moratorium.
‘Basically what the minister is saying is the police shouldn't be doing something that's totally unconscionable and illegal, so that's good I guess. I mean they shouldn't be. But I think it doesn't actually address any of the fundamental issues in the report.’
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