Valmond Romilly, who went on to become a provincial court judge, told the officers he was a lawyer, and they laughed at him. "Whites who grow long hair and moustaches look very similar too," Valmond Romilly told a judge in 1975. He also suggested they call his brother, Selwyn, who was by then a provincial court judge. The 81-year-old was handcuffed while walking the seawall by police who were looking for a Black suspect half his age. Bibb told the officer he'd rather speak to a lawyer and walked across the street to a store.

Source: CBC News May 20, 2021 07:52 UTC