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Thursday April 28, 2016

April 27, 2016 by Graeme MacKay
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Thursday April 28, 2016 Matt Green says police carded him in ÔconfrontationalÕ incident Hamilton's first black city councillor and vocal critic of controversial carding practices, says he was carded by Hamilton police in an increasingly "confrontational" interaction Tuesday afternoon. "For those of you who think police carding is over. I was just arbitrarily stopped/questioned by @HamiltonPolice as a City Clr in my own city," Matthew Green tweeted from his official Twitter account at 3:24 p.m. The Ward 3 councillor told The Spectator the incident occurred while he was waiting for a bus at Stinson Street and Victoria Avenue South. He says he was arbitrarily "stopped and questioned," with no apparent connection to a crime. "I was not detained. I had no intention of leaving the area, as I was waiting for a bus," said Green. In a media release Wednesday morning, Green issued the text of a complaint to police. See the Scribd document below. His tweet unleashed a hailstorm of social media activity, both sympathetic and critical of his experience. By 7 p.m., his tweet had been retweeted 240 times. Green posted the same message again on both his personal and public Facebook page. The councillor, whose family traces its routes back to the first African slaves to come to Canada, has been a vocal critic of carding in Hamilton. He hosted a town-hall meeting in September to discuss the issue. In an article published before the event, Green said, "any time citizens are stopped and questioned without wrongdoing, it makes them question their belonging.Ó When the province made the announcement that changes to prohibit random carding were on the horizon in October, Green said he was encouraged "Minister Naqvi had the courage to open up this conversation and do the right thing.Ó Green declined to reveal further details of the incident to The Spectator Tuesday afternoon in an effort not "to jeopardize the formal co

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday April 28, 2016

Matt Green says police carded him in ‘confrontational’ incident

Hamilton’s first black city councillor and vocal critic of controversial carding practices, says he was carded by Hamilton police in an increasingly “confrontational” interaction Tuesday afternoon.

“For those of you who think police carding is over. I was just arbitrarily stopped/questioned by @HamiltonPolice as a City Clr in my own city,” Matthew Green tweeted from his official Twitter account at 3:24 p.m.

The Ward 3 councillor told The Spectator the incident occurred while he was waiting for a bus at Stinson Street and Victoria Avenue South.

He says he was arbitrarily “stopped and questioned,” with no apparent connection to a crime.

“I was not detained. I had no intention of leaving the area, as I was waiting for a bus,” said Green.

In a media release Wednesday morning, Green issued the text of a complaint to police. See the Scribd document below.

His tweet unleashed a hailstorm of social media activity, both sympathetic and critical of his experience. By 7 p.m., his tweet had been retweeted 240 times. Green posted the same message again on both his personal and public Facebook page.

The councillor, whose family traces its routes back to the first African slaves to come to Canada, has been a vocal critic of carding in Hamilton. He hosted a town-hall meeting in September to discuss the issue.

In an article published before the event, Green said, “any time citizens are stopped and questioned without wrongdoing, it makes them question their belonging.”

When the province made the announcement that changes to prohibit random carding were on the horizon in October, Green said he was encouraged “Minister Naqvi had the courage to open up this conversation and do the right thing.”

Green declined to reveal further details of the incident to The Spectator Tuesday afternoon in an effort not “to jeopardize the formal complaint process.”

But Wednesday morning, in an interview with CBC Toronto’s ‘Metro Morning’, Green detailed his interaction with police. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

 

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: carding, discrimination, Hamilton, Matthew Green, police, profiling, racial

Saturday, March 30, 2013

March 30, 2013 by Graeme MacKay

Saturday, March 30, 2013

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Saturday, March 30, 2013

Hillbilly Heaven operating without city licences

Hillbilly Heaven — the controversial southern barbecue joint that proudly displays the Confederate flag — is operating illegally.

The city confirmed Wednesday that neither the Upper James nor the downtown locations has an up-to-date business licence.

Hillbilly owner Cameron Bailey — who plans to run for city council in 2014 — says he hasn’t licensed his Upper James location since its opening two-and-a-half years ago because of a $2,000 rezoning fee. Bailey has also refused to pay the $250 “zoning verification fee” for his new downtown location.

“My argument is this: in a city where we’re trying to employ people, why is the city being so difficult over small amounts of money?” he said. “If it comes right down to it, I will fire two of my staff so I can give the city their $2,000.”

Bailey says that since his Upper James building was zoned only for takeout, not eat-in dining, he was required to spend $8,000 on architectural drawings to submit to the city. Although the drawings are finished, he still refuses to pay an additional $2,000 to change the building’s zoning to allow eat-in tables.

“To have a small-business owner draw a picture of what amounts to five or six tables is just ridiculous,” he said. “Everybody has to pay the fees, only because they go along like sheep.” (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: BBQ, discrimination, Editorial Cartoon, Hamilton, Heavenly Hillbilly, Hillbilly heaven, licensing, rednecks

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