Police racially discriminated against six-year-old Black girl restrained and handcuffed at school

TORONTO, March 02, 2019 /CNW/ – The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found that race was a factor in the Peel Regional police officers’ use of force to in restraining and handcuffing a six-year-old girl at her school for 28 minutes. The Human Rights Legal Support Centre represented the girl at a hearing before the Tribunal. The applicant and her family are protected under a publication ban.

“I started this case to get justice for my daughter, to protect other children, and to shine light on the issue of over-policing which plagues the Black community,” said the applicant’s litigation guardian. She added, “Schools should be a safe place for Black children, not the site of racially motivated police aggression.”

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