On Monday June 16 WSIC brought to the stage the topic of police carding. We were fortunate to host three guest speakers to lead the discussion – Kwesi Marcel Opoku from the Police Literary Initiative, professor Wilburn Hayden of York University, and defence lawyer and Toronto mayoral candidate Ari Goldkind. Each brought different perspectives, yet all agreed that the policy of carding was detrimental to our community.

Kwesi Marcel Opoku began the evening with a personal anecdote about how his home was raided by police with little …