Alberta Human Rights Commission awards two South Sudanese men $40,000 for ‘injury to dignity’ they faced after calling police for help in 2017
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has fined the Edmonton Police Service after it found two South Sudanese men were racially discriminated against on account of their race during a wrongful arrest.The Alberta Human Rights Commission has fined the Edmonton Police Service after ruling two Black men were racially discriminated during a wrongful arrest.
The men told the commission they had witnessed a woman throwing a rock through a car window, and they made a citizen’s arrest and were waiting for police.
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