Posted AT 7:36 AM EDT on 01/05/08
'We're not poor little Indians'
Should justice be race-neutral? A Montreal judge thinks not. Last week, she granted bail to a Mohawk named Davin Johnny, who was arrested during the posthockey street brawl in Montreal. "We have to take into account the fact you are a native American," she explained.
Mr. Johnny, who's on welfare, was caught on videotape trashing a police car. At his bail hearing, the police reported that he'd said he'd do it again, because he "hate[s] the pigs.
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