Vancouver City Council Considers Urging a Ban on Police Street Checks – TheTyee.ca

Indigenous and Black people are vastly over-represented in checks. Now council is considering whether to end the practice.

In the Downtown Eastside, police street checks are a constant part of life.

But Vancouver City Council could take the first step toward ending the controversial practice today.

Mayor Kennedy Stewart introduced a motion calling for council to write to the Vancouver Police Board with the message that “city council’s priority is to end the practice of street checks in Vancouver.”

The motion, to be debated today, comes in the wake of renewed attention on racism and police brutality following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

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