Black Lives Ruined: What goes through a Black man's mind when he's pulled over
CTV
The story is almost always the same: a Black man, perhaps in a nice car or walking down the street, is stopped by police. He asks, 'Why have you stopped me?' The response is he's either given a ticket, harassed or killed.
Racial profiling is a systemic problem plaguing Montreal police (SPVM), according to a judgement by Superior Court Justice Dominique Poulin.
But what does that mean in the lives of the victims?
This is part two of a CTV News three-part series called Black Lives Ruined: The effects of racial profiling by police.
The story is almost always the same: a Black man, perhaps in a nice car or walking down the street, is stopped by police.
He asks, "Why have you stopped me?"
The response is he's either given a ticket, harassed or killed.
The story is almost always the same, whether the case is in Canada, the U.S. or elsewhere.