Saturday, April 12, 2008

Canada: Black student group alleges racism was the cause of police action

A group of students from the University of Windsor is filing an application with the Ontario Human Rights Commission this week alleging that racism influenced the city police force's handling of a campus party.

The group Students Against Anti-Black Racism is requesting that the commission conduct an independent investigation into the decision by police to use more than two dozen officers and a K-9 unit to break up a Caribbean-themed dance party held on campus in late January.

Students allege officers responded to a routine call with unusually high numbers of officers and resources and went on to use excessive force when arresting some students.

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