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No evidence of discrimination was found in the Halifax Bridge case
The chairman of an independent human rights board of inquiry has dismissed a racial profiling complaint against Halifax Harbor Bridges, the Halifax Bridge Commission and Nova Scotia commissioners, saying there was no evidence of discrimination.
Ross Gray, who is black, was riding his bike across the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge on July 17, 2021, when he says he was racially profiled. Two bridge patrol officers tracked him down and accused him of traveling in the pedestrian lane.
A public hearing on the incident was held in April 2024 and a decision was made on Wednesday.
“In my opinion, race was not likely a factor in the officers' decision to stop appellant. The officers did not have a description of the bicyclist who was observed riding in the crosswalk. The radio communication reveals that a decision to 'go talk to him was done before there was any other sighting of the cyclist,” wrote chairman Benjamin Perryman in his decision.
Video surveillance showed that Grayhadi was not riding his bike in the pedestrian lane. Bridge patrol officers had stopped him twice before learning that Gray was the wrong person. Then Gray was free to go.
Within days of the incident, the Halifax Harbor Bridge issued a letter apologizing. In it, HHB said it was “human error” that led to Gray's detention and that “counseling and administrative action” was taken with the staff involved.
HHB also ended up changing some of its standard operating procedures in light of the incident. It also invested in an improved surveillance and radio system.
Harmful influence
Gray said the interaction had a very damaging effect on him that affected how he parented his child and changed his faith in the system.
He also continues to feel guarded and has trouble going out in public, Perryman said.
“As the complainant explained: “As if everything was still there. It's like it happened yesterday, isn't it?”
Perryman pointed out four reasons why he doesn't think there was Grayface racial discrimination in the incident:
- Bridge officers received verbal communication from their operations supervisor that they had stopped the right person, which Perryman noted “shows an open mind as to whether the complainant had committed a violation.”
- Bridge officers were given instructions by their operations manager to put “greater heat and light on the situation” of cyclists riding the pedestrian crossing. Perryman said that shows the officers were following the instructions they were given.
- Although one of the bridge officers spoke to Gray in a more pointed tone during the second stop, Perryman said she “remained professional.” Perryman said that sometimes peace officers have used a sharper tone “when engaging with the public and giving verbal instructions.” Perryman noted that the officer “was polite and courteous to Mr. Gray; his real concern was with her decision to pursue and stop him, not her behavior.”
- When the right cyclist was caught, Perryman said he was treated the same way Gray was treated.
“All of this leads the board to conclude that there was nothing abnormal, disproportionate, improper or inexplicable about the officers' conduct, including their decision to pursue the appellant and the manner in which they interacted with him when he was stopped ,” Perryman wrote.
“As such, appellant has not established on a balance of probabilities that the officers' second interaction with him was 'based' on his race or color.”
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