CRM 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arbitrary Arrest And Detention, Racial Profiling, Toronto Police Service
28 Apr 2016
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African canadians carded followed brown males and to a lesser extent women. Usually doesn"t have id on them on the spot or may not want to deal with police if have criminal record so then they are arrested and handcuffed. Driving while black loophole for cops to get info from people. Carding: arbitrary detention of civilian when no criminal investigation or reasonable means to get the info. Violates section 9 of canadian charter of rights and freedoms. It violates section 7 of canadian charter of rights and freedoms for liberty and. Section 15 of canadian charter of rights and freedom, section 15 is the equality section of charter. Section 9: prohibiting arbitrary detention is one of those checks put in place to protect our society. In some cases carding results in police physically abusing civilian and criminal charges being laid against the civilian for assaulting police or obstructing justice.
