Stop Police Carding in Toronto!

Monday, 21 September 2015

The allegation is that the two security guards had no legal right to ask me for government ID. That was against my Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Métis person alleges criminal harassment and unlawful carding by security guards.

On September 19, 2015 I was at College Park and I allege discrimination based on the fact that I am Métis person and the fact that he assumed I was homeless and not a paying customer. I am preparing to file a application with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. I am alleging they unlawfully asked me for my ID. I allege he had no right to ask me for ID. I have a total of 53 videos that document my experience and I am prepared to give them to the Tribunal and the media. This abuse is systematic. This carding policy needs to stop.

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO AND SHARE IT WITH THE MEDIA.

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Police forces need to play by the same rules when it comes to carding, or street checks, Ontario's community safety minister said at a heated meeting on the topic in Toronto.

Hundreds showed up at the Toronto Reference Library for the final of five public consultations about the controversial practice of carding, or street checks as they're known in some parts of the GTA, on Tuesday evening. The police tactic allows officers to stop people on the street to collect information that's stored indefinitely to help with future investigations.

Toronto police will continue carding, with some changes to policy

The city's black community says the tool amounts to racial profiling and has called for it to be stopped immediately, but police have resisted. At times, frustrations boiled over with protesters yelling their demands.

Minister Yasir Naqvi didn't make any firm commitments to ending carding, but said police need to make changes to make sure there's nothing random about the practice.

"We as government stand opposed to any random or arbitrary police stop that take place for no cause or reason or without any suspicious activity," he said.

"For us, that practice must end."

Activist Desmond Cole, who has detailed his carding experiences with Toronto police, said police aren't listening to the community's demands when it comes to ending carding.

"The Toronto Police Services Board has been hearing about this from us for years and they've chosen not to end the practice of carding," Cole said.

Police Chief Mark Saunders, who at one point during the event discussed the issue at a roundtable with Cole, called the meeting "an important assessment."

Saunders said he's looking forward to the new regulations the province comes up with.

"The street check thing right now is something that definitely needs to have regulations put in place," he said.

A small but peaceful protest closed Yonge Street near the library before the event.