CP/Adrian Wyld Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair responds to a question during a news conference on June 9, 2020 in Ottawa. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair declined an opportunity Tuesday to apologize for supporting carding, a controversial policing policy that disproportionately targeted Black men and people of colour. Activists have long condemned street checks and carding policies as racial profiling, allowing police to stop and collect personal information from people with no evidence of a potential offence. Police have said the data is a useful investigative tool, despite the lack of legal basis to justify the arbitrary street checks. Once again I asked Minister Bill Blair to apologize to the Black community for the systemic and racist practice of street checks and carding #BlackLivesMatter#IndigenousLivesMatter#DefundThePolice#ParlToThePeople#Carding#G20#CdnPolipic.twitter.com/1VQFMMIIgL — Matthew Green 🍊 (@MatthewGreenNDP) June 9, 2020

Source: Huffington Post June 09, 2020 21:33 UTC