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Matthew Green and Twitter

social media: Many people on social media reacted with surprise to Green story, which he initially shared through Twitter, according to Toronto Star. How could police be foolish enough to target an elected official, they wondered. Ward 3 councillor Matthew Green says a local officer questioned him at length, and even asked if Green, who was born and raised in Hamilton, was from the area. But this isn’t about tactics — black people, young and old, rich and poor, are targeted by our police every single day. People will ask what he was doing when he was stopped, how he was dressed, how he answered questions. Sadly, we know what comes next for Green. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.