Police street checks: valuable investigative tool or racial profiling? – CBC
Sep 14, 2015
While Edmonton police defend ‘carding,’ critics say random checks target aboriginal, other racialized groups
Robert L’Hirondelle speaks openly about his past problems: leukemia, alcohol, homelessness, an assault conviction.
But these days, he’s sober, stays out of trouble and can often be spotted performing in downtown Edmonton.
That’s where he recently bumped into a pair of patrol officers. He shared the story with them of how he turned his life around.
One officer praised L’Hirondelle. The other began questioning how he made his money.
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