TORONTO — A proposed class-action lawsuit has been launched over Toronto police's historic use of 'carding,' alleging the practice of randomly stopping people and collecting their information continues to harm marginalized communities.
TORONTO — A proposed class-action lawsuit has been launched over Toronto police's historic use of"carding," alleging the practice of randomly stopping people and collecting their information continues to harm marginalized communities.
"While the police have a statutory and common law duty to investigate crime, they are not empowered to undertake any and all action in the exercise of that duty." The lawsuit is led by plaintiff Ayaan Farah, a 38-year-old Somali-Canadian with no criminal record. It says Farah was"sitting in public" in 2011 when she was detained by Toronto police officers who allegedly recorded her personal information without providing a reason.
"I became very worried about going out in public. I feared that the police would watch me and accuse me of something. I stopped volunteering in my community, because I was so worried that the police might report me again," Farah said in a statement through her lawyer, Solomon McKenzie.
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