"A new report highlights a “disturbing pattern of discrimination” in policing in British Columbia, says the province’s human rights commissioner.
Black and Indigenous people in British Columbia are either “grossly or significantly overrepresented” in arrest statistics while other racialized groups are also overrepresented, according to the report, which was funded by the human rights commissioner and submitted to a committee dedicated to reforming the province’s Police Act.
Data in the report “points to a significant trend of overpolicing of racialized people in B.C.,” commissioner Kasari Govender said..." https://globalnews.ca/news/8399088/bc-police-discrimination-report/
