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submitted 6 months ago by potate@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

tl;dr - Black man driving his dad's BMW is detained for being suspicious because he doesn't look like the sort of person who drives that car. He is subject to a rough arrest as his mother watches. Gatineau police insist there was no racial profiling.

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[-] applepie@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago

Damn when did Canada join the union?

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

ACAB is fairly global not just US.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

The last time I checked, and it was over a decade ago, police deaths per capita was within 10% of the rates for America.

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