It's been a while since Walt posted a video, so here's a cellphone clip from YouTube. Should I warn you that the images are disturbing? Or that you will hear "the N-word"? Nah. Go ahead and watch.
So what do you think? Are the Toronto cops really "over-policing" the poor, disadvantaged "African-Canadians"? The headline on the YouTube video says the teenage boy was arrested "for no reason" at Northern Secondary School.
Why sure! He's probably been "targetted" and/or "racially profiled". 'm sure it has nothing to do with drugs or weapons or bad behaviour or gangs. Why else would the officer ask the kid to identify himself. Just because he has a goatee and looks older than your average high school student? Surely not!
Toronto police Const. Wendy Drummond said the video shows the officer "beyond being patient" with the student, who has been charged with assault with intent to resist arrest. The officer had minor injuries, she said. She added that "although this is an isolated incident...people seeing it may get the overall impression that Northern is not the best place."
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