VANCOUVER — The mayor of Vancouver says he is "appalled" that police officers wrongfully detained and handcuffed a retired British Columbia Supreme Court justice out for a walk on Friday . . .
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VANCOUVER The mayor of Vancouver says he is “appalled” that police officers wrongfully detained and handcuffed a retired British Columbia Supreme Court justice out for a walk on Friday morning.
Kennedy Stewart says in a statement he reached out to apologize to Justice Selwyn Romilly,
the first Black person appointed to the court.
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Vancouver Police Sgt. Steve Addison says in a statement officers were dispatched around 9:15 a.m. following reports of a man kicking, punching and spitting at people along the seawall near English Bay.
A retired black judge was wrongly detained and handcuffed by five Vancouver police officers during his morning walk, prompting an apology from the city’s mayor.Selwyn Romilly, 81, the first black
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