Reckoning with Racism : Police, Judges, and the RDS Case / Constance Backhouse.
2022
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Title
Reckoning with Racism : Police, Judges, and the RDS Case / Constance Backhouse.
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Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : University of British Columbia Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Description
1 online resource (304 p.) : 72 b/w photos.
Series
Landmark cases in Canadian law.
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Trial
The People
A Black History of Nova Scotia
Race and Policing in Nova Scotia
The Initial Fallout
The Appeals Begin in Nova Scotia's Supreme Court
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Gender Matters
Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
Te Supreme Court of Canada's "Gang of Five"
The Concurring Opinion in Defence of Judge Sparks
Epilogue
Conclusion
Chronology
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Trial
The People
A Black History of Nova Scotia
Race and Policing in Nova Scotia
The Initial Fallout
The Appeals Begin in Nova Scotia's Supreme Court
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Gender Matters
Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
Te Supreme Court of Canada's "Gang of Five"
The Concurring Opinion in Defence of Judge Sparks
Epilogue
Conclusion
Chronology
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index
Summary
In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered as the Supreme Court of Canada considered a complaint of judicial racial bias for the first time. The judge in question was Corrine Sparks, the country's first Black female judge. Reckoning with Racism considers the RDS case. A white Halifax police officer had arrested a Black teenager, placed him in a choke hold, and charged him with assaulting an officer and obstructing arrest. In acquitting the teen, Judge Sparks remarked that police sometimes overreacted when dealing with non-white youth. The acquittal held, but most of the white appeal judges critiqued her comments, based on the tradition that the legal system was non-racist unless proven otherwise. That became a matter of wide debate. This book assesses the case of alleged anti-white judicial bias, the surrounding excitement, the dramatic effects on those involved, and the significance for the Canadian legal system.
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In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Language
English
ISBN
9780774868280
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