During a federal committee hearing examining Canada’s bail system, Conservative MP Larry Brock questioned University of Windsor assistant law professor Danardo Jones in a way some are describing as racist.
Last week, Jones provided testimony before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. He pointed to inequities in Canada’s judicial system for racialized and marginalized people.
When people are racially profiled by police, Jones said that leads to an over incarceration of Black and Indigenous people. Since bail is based on credibility and trustworthiness, Jones said that puts racialized people on an unfair playing field.
“Some people, because of certain racial narratives, are
