“In the first place, there is nothing illegal, unusual or suspicious about a driver not matching the description of the registered owner. The registered owner may be a different gender or a different age than the driver. Drug-trafficking charges against two people in Whitby, Ont., have been dismissed after a judge ruled that a Durham Regional police officer stopped them based on racial profiling. Charney ruled the officer had no lawful authority to stop the vehicle. The officer’s arrest report stated that his primary reason for stopping the car was the fact that the driver and passenger didn’t match the registered owner.

Source: thestar August 02, 2016 22:30 UTC