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Maxwell Johnson is seeking compensation and a public apology for the incident that he says put him back in counselling.
VANCOUVER — An Indigenous man from British Columbia has filed complaints with the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission after he and his granddaughter were handcuffed when they tried to open a bank account.
Maxwell Johnson’s complaint says both he and his 12-year-old granddaughter were detained last December by Vancouver police officers when they tried to open an account at the Bank of Montreal using their Indigenous status cards.
His complaint alleges that the bank called 911 over an identification issue because they are Indigenous, while it accuses the police of racial profiling that led to their detention and the use of handcuffs.
Read More: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/bc-indigenous-human-rights-complaint_ca_5fbd1d0cc5b61d04bfa46784
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