LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reverse Onus, Mellenthin, Strip Search
19 Mar 2016
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Packer hoped that due process would promote a sense of equality before the law. He believed that if due process was enacted it would restrain the state in terms of acions against minoriies. Criiques said that due process would respond to racial discriminaion. The due process rights of the accused vs the equality claims of disadvantaged people: minoriies and due process a. Invesigaive stops: this was used as an abusive tool by police against minoriies. Ericson study: showed that police engage in constant proacive stops as a way to remind minoriies of order. The ontario commission on systemic racism released a report on these stops and found that. 43% of black males that were interviewed were stopped in the previous 2 years. Otawa street checks: 58% white, 20% black, 14% middle eastern. Hufsky case: allowed the random stopping of ontario drivers. Police can stop for licence, sobriety, itness, etc.
