Nova Scotia's justice minister is ordering a moratorium on street checks of pedestrians by police across the province.
"We need to address the fear and mistrust that street checks have caused for many African Nova Scotians and in their communities, and public trust in policing we know is essential," Justice Minister Mark Furey, himself a former police officer, said at a news conference.
The minister's directive comes in the wake of findings in a report that African Nova Scotians in the Halifax area were more than five times more likely to be stopped by police. Wortley's report found that although African Nova Scotians make up only 3.6 per cent of the population, they were subjected to 19.2 per cent of street checks.
"Like most Nova Scotians, I'm alarmed by the findings of the Wortley report. These findings are alarming and unacceptable," Furey said Wednesday.
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