Woman wins $25K against Vancouver Police Board in human rights racial discrimination case

Police made decision to arrest based on 'angry Black woman' stereotype, says tribunal

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found that officers employed by the Vancouver Police Board discriminated against a woman on account of her race in December 2020. (Doug Kerr/CBC)

A Black woman has been awarded $25,000 for "injury to her dignity, feelings and self-respect" after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found the Vancouver Police Board discriminated against her at a traffic stop in 2020.

Safiya Elshazly was one of four passengers in the backseat of a car stopped by two Vancouver Police Department officers on Dec. 1, 2020.

There were only three seats and seatbelts in the car's rear cabin, according to the decision, and one passenger was sitting on Elshazly's lap.

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