“HALIFAX—A Black man crossed a street in downtown Halifax in January 2017 behind four white co-workers, all heading for the coffee shop on the other side.
Of the five, only he was singled out by two Halifax policemen for a lecture on the dangers and illegality of jaywalking. He asked them if he was under arrest. They said no. He went and got his coffee.
Several moments later, back in his office, a supervisor took him into a private room and told him the police were waiting for him in the lobby. When he went down to meet them, the same two policemen wrote him a $410 ticket for crossing the street illegally. They said it was all normal police procedure. The Black man said it happened because he is Black.
On Tuesday, Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Commission agreed with Gyasi Symonds.”