Thread by @BigJMcC

Hey, White people in Halifax!

https://twitter.com/HalifaxEditor/status/1390002572740763653

Gyasi Symonds jaywalked on his way to The Nook and wasn’t the only one to do so, as he trailed behind 4 White women who did the same.

But it was only Symonds, a visibly Black man, that was approached by two #HRP police officers for jaywalking. #Halifax saltwire.com/atlantic-canad…

@nziafati @Nicole__Munro Constables Steve Logan & Pierre-Paul Cadieux blocked Symonds when he approached the coffee shop and questioned him about jaywalking, but didn't issue him a ticket.

Symonds was later called down to his office's lobby, where the two were waiting for him.

.@zwoodford As a result, @hfxgov has been ordered to apologize to the complainant, boost anti-Black racism training for police and pay about $15,000 — much less than the complainant wanted.

@LindellSmithHFX @newsbag @beckykentHRM #SystemicRacism halifaxexaminer.ca/city-hall/boar…

ZW: The commission set up an independent board of inquiry, chaired by lawyer @bnperryman, to hear the complaint in Nov.

In his 50-page decision released Wednesday, Perryman found the two officers did in fact discriminate against Symonds. #RacialProfiling humanrights.novascotia.ca/sites/default/…

HRM permitted the HRP to operate for close to a decade without offering its training course on legitimate and bias-free policing.

In the relevant time period, HRM took no steps to ensure that new police officers received EDI training before interfacing with the public.