Judge tosses seized gun over racial profiling of Black driver, cites ‘systemic’ problem inside Peel police
A Peel Regional Police officer engaged in the racial profiling of a Black motorist in an example of a “systemic” problem within the service, a judge has ruled.
The case, which resulted in the unravelling of a firearms prosecution, adds to a list of similar incidents that demonstrate a “systemic and intractable problem” within the police service, Superior Court Justice Renu Mandhane said in a sharply worded ruling that excluded a rifle discovered in an unlawful search of a Jeep driven by a Black man.
Const. Anand Gandhi stopped the Jeep in Brampton on a Sunday afternoon in October 2023 after an automated licence plate reader on his cruiser detected that the owner of the Jeep was facing drug charges in Toronto and was under a licence suspension for medical and administrative reasons.
This might be one of the most outrageous judicial outcomes in recent memory, and it sets a dangerous precedent. In a case that should’ve been open and shut, we watched common sense get overruled by ideology.
Here’s what happened: a Peel Regional Police officer was on patrol when… pic.twitter.com/TnWXX7SDY7
— Ron Chhinzer (@RealRonChhinzer) June 1, 2025
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