From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Idiot Judges tosses another gun charge
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:26:59 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-06-01 10:32, Dave Smith wrote:
> A GTA judge threw out gun charges against a black male because she
> thought he had been racially profiled by the cop. She thinks the cop did
> not think he was treating the suspect differently because of his skin
> colour but that he was influenced by his unconscious racial bias.
>
> The guy had been pulled over when the cruisers automatic license plate
> reader indicated the owner was facing drug charges in Toronto and his
> license was under suspension. While the driver was compliant, the cop
> held him for back up to search the car. Apparently the cop was working
> under the stereotype that Black men are more susceptible to criminal
> behaviour.
>
> Well, son of a gun, the cop..... who is a dark skinned man himself, must
> have been right. The guy who was probably acting nice because he was
> already in enough trouble did have something to hide. He had an
> unlicensed rifle under the floor mat on the cargo area. Unless he had a
> PAL and the rifle was trigger locked or had the bolt and magazine
> removed, it was illegal.
> The cop should get a commendation for his good spidey sense, not
> discredited for acting on good information.
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> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/judge-tosses-seized-gun-over-racial-
> profiling-of-black-driver-cites-systemic-problem-inside-peel/
> article_327458e9-c876-498b-8dd2-bba4eb97d5d2.html
'âPut differently, had the driver been, say, a White woman, I am
confident that Officer Gandhi would not have exercised his discretion to
handcuff and detain her in the back of his cruiser for over an hour for
the sole purpose of writing up a summons,â Mandhane wrote.'
I think the judge is absolutely correct on this.
And being of another darker-skinned phenotype doesn't in any way negate
the possibility that the officer could be biased to think that a
different phenotype is more likely to be a criminal.
Oh, and you left out this:
'On May 13, the accused motorist appeared via video in a Brampton
courtroom for an appearance, during which the briefest of trials
commenced. He pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, after which a
Crown attorney announced he would be calling no evidence. With that, a
judge acquitted the man on all charges. '