{"id":10242,"date":"2019-05-21T19:46:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T19:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10242"},"modified":"2020-06-06T20:50:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T20:50:15","slug":"no-apology-police-merch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10242","title":{"rendered":"No Apology Police Merch"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED NOVEMBER 29\/2019<\/p>\n

Halifax\u2019s police chief has issued a formal apology to Nova Scotia\u2019s black community today over the practice of street checks<\/a>, describing it as a first step to counter a series of historic wrongs.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Board of Police Commissioners was somewhat concerned that the No Apology branded merchandise had become unsalable until one bright light pointed out that it would be wise to sit on it since another No Apology occasion was sure to arise at anytime in the future.<\/p>\n

(The Halifax Regional Police merchandise online site actually exists)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Posted May 21, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Members of Nova Scotia’s black community say the refusal by Halifax Regional Police and RCMP to apologize for street checks \u00a0speaks volumes.<\/p>\n

Street checks (carding) allow police officers to document information about a person they believe could be of significance to a future investigation, and record details such as their ethnicity, gender, age and location.<\/p>\n

In March,\u00a0a report by University of Toronto criminology professor Scot Wortley found black people in the Halifax area were six times more likely to be street checked by police than white people<\/a>.\u00a0The report also found random street checks contributed\u00a0to the criminalization of black youth.<\/p>\n

To acknowledge the report the Halifax Regional Police Apparel web site is featuring a new line of NO APOLOGY merchandise for all products on offer.<\/p>\n

Justice minister Mark Furey\u00a0doesn’t have an apparel web site however he is rumoured to have bought a number of Classic T Shirts\u00a0for his staff and Bistro mugs for the Premier and cabinet.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Board of Police Commissioners members reportedly are big on the Fleece items as gifts and family wear.<\/p>\n

The short sleeve maternity T Shirt is a winner!<\/p>\n

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UPDATED NOVEMBER 29\/2019 Halifax\u2019s police chief has issued a formal apology to Nova Scotia\u2019s black community today over the practice of street checks, describing it as a first step to counter a series of historic wrongs. The\u00a0Board of Police Commissioners was somewhat concerned that the No Apology branded merchandise had become unsalable until one bright … Continue reading “No Apology Police Merch”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10242"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16947,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions\/16947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}