Racial profiling behind traffic stop: B.C. judge (Canada)

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A B.C. judge says an RCMP officer who pulled over a man last year, uncovering 57 marijuana plants inside his car, only did so because the man was Asian.

Provincial court Judge Elizabeth Bayliff has excluded any evidence against Zai Chong Huang obtained during the 2009 traffic stop, saying it's "more probable than not" the man was the victim of racial profiling.

Huang was pulled over in 100 Mile House.

Const. Berze, who is identified in the decision only by his rank and surname, testified he pulled Huang over after he saw the car swerve twice on the highway and didn't realize the driver was Asian.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/24/bc-racial-profiling.html

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BC=British Columbia; RCMP=Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for those who don't know.

In America, Arizona tried to do the same thing (only this time for Mexicans) through SB1070. Federal court removed the "immigration violation as a state crime" provision only.

[virgogal]

1. If I was a Mountie I would never pull an Asian man over again.

Not worth the hassle.