Peel police handcuffing of 6-year-old Black student motivated by her race, rights tribunal finds

“While the officers had a legitimate duty to maintain the safety of the (young girl), others and themselves in circumstances where (her) behaviours were challenging and might have created a safety risk, this did not give them license to treat the applicant in a way they would not have treated a White six-year-old child in the same circumstance.”

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Another finding of racial discrimination is the latest blow to the police force that patrols two of the most diverse cities in the world. Its officers are overwhelmingly white, while residents are overwhelmingly non-white.

The latest case of race-based discrimination is drawing more attention to this troubling imbalance, after a Grade 1 student was forcibly confined by officers who handcuffed her. 

Published on March 5, 2020 in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga