Binky
05-15-2005, 10:12 AM
TORONTO - A 29-year-old real estate broker acquitted of drug charges last fall after a judge ruled he was stopped by police merely because he was a black man driving an expensive car, has filed a lawsuit against Toronto police.
Kevin Khan is seeking damages for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and abuse of public office in a statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court. The defendants include former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino, who is alleged to have been negligent in the way he dealt with the issue of racial profiling.
Mr. Khan was exonerated by Justice Anne Molloy in a decision that is believed to be the first time a Canadian court has explicitly ruled that police stopped a suspect simply because he was "driving-while-black."
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Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)
Copyright: 2005 The Ottawa Citizen
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Kevin Khan is seeking damages for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and abuse of public office in a statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court. The defendants include former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino, who is alleged to have been negligent in the way he dealt with the issue of racial profiling.
Mr. Khan was exonerated by Justice Anne Molloy in a decision that is believed to be the first time a Canadian court has explicitly ruled that police stopped a suspect simply because he was "driving-while-black."
Webpage: http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=538b93c1-b81b-4c2e-9f0f-135f
Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)
Copyright: 2005 The Ottawa Citizen
Contact: letters@thecitizen.canwest.com
Website: http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/