27-06-2017 14:48 via edmontonjournal.com

Black people, aboriginal women over-represented in 'carding' police stops

Black and indigenous Edmontonians are more likely to be stopped and “carded” by police, a practice that local activists call racial profiling, but city police say helps suppress crime and assist in investigations. 
Black Lives Matter Edmonton, the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women and the Stolen Sisters Awareness Movement are questioning the practice of street checks. 
Bashir Mohamed, with Black Lives Matter, said new data the group obtained through a freedo
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