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Chapter 2

Exposed

From: The Colour of Justice

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This chapter explores the role of the media in heightening racial profiling in Canada. The chapter provides case studies including those of Dee Brown, a player for the Toronto Raptors, who appealed his arrest in the Ontario Court of Appeal, boxer Kirk Johnson being stopped by police in Halifax numerous times, and the death of Aboriginal teen Neil Stonechild in Saskatoon as a result of police racial profiling. The chapter end with a discussion of racial profiling in Toronto and Montreal via several case studies.

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David M. Tanovich

David Tanovich is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor where he teaches in the areas of criminal law and procedure, systemic racism, evidence, and legal ethics. Previously, he was a criminal appellate lawyer with Pinkofsky Lockyer where he appeared frequently in the Supreme Court of Canada and Ontario Court of Appeal. He is a former law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer of the Supreme Court of Canada and an LL.M. graduate of the New York University School of Law. He has published numerous books and articles on criminal law and is frequently cited by appellate and trial courts in Canada.