TORONTO — A war of words has erupted between Toronto police and a broadcast journalist who claims she was pulled over because she is black. Marci Ien, a co-host for CTV’s “The Social,” wrote an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail this week alleging racism played a role in her recent traffic stop outside her home. “For the third time in eight months, I was being questioned by a police officer — and I had broken no law,” Ien wrote in the piece published on Monday. “I have viewed the video footage of your vehicle stop. She said she told the officer: “How do I explain this to my kids?

Source: National Post March 02, 2018 14:37 UTC