Vancouver police apologize for wrong handcuffs and detention of retired black judge
The Vancouver police apologized because the officers mistakenly detained an 81-year-old retired black judge and detained his handcuffs while walking on the seawall in the morning.
Selwyn Romilly said he was walking around Stanley Park on Friday when two police cars stopped nearby and about five officers approached him. He said that all five looked white and were much taller than his five feet and eight inches.
He told CBC News: “They said they complained that someone fits my description. Before I had nothing to say, they told me to put my hands behind my back, and they shackle me in handcuffs.”