Halifax police, Walmart owe Nova Scotia black community apology for woman's violent arrest, prof says
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Martha Paynter, director of Women's Wellness Within, said Rao's treatment at the hand of HRP officers is not an isolated incident but a larger pattern of city police “endangering the public and committing acts of violence against women.”
Paynter was among a group of about 150 protesters who gathered outside the Mumford Road Walmart on Friday evening.
“The charges against Ms. Rao have to be dropped and she needs to be compensated for the harm that has been done to her and there needs to be a dramatic shift in the way police behave in this city if they are ever to regain public confidence,” said Paynter.
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