Car tint leads to police action

Police stopped a Black woman driving her car in Little Burgundy last month and demanded she remove her car tints on the spot – tints she had had for five years. Apparently police can ask that they be removed, but usually it’s a warning, not a demand for immediate action. Three police cars showed up for this non‑incident. The CityNews version adds a spin: one officer handed the woman a knife, but she realized how it might look wielding a possible weapon in the presence of police, so handed it back. Fo Niemi’s CRARR is going to help her file formal complaints.

I was walking along Jarry yesterday when several police cruisers screamed past and I wondered what was up. Little did I know it might have been a Black woman with tinted car windows.