Halifax constable referred to restorative justice for 2020 assault on Black teen [VIDEO]
Halifax police constable Mark Pierce was referred to restorative justice after being charged in connection with the 2020 assault of a 15-year-old Black teenager in Bedford. The case followed a Serious Incident Response Team investigation and did not proceed to trial.
[VIDEO] – SIRT’s first director of African descent welcomes questions from Black community
One of the longest-tenured Black senior crown prosecutors in Nova Scotia’s history recently appointed as director of Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is encouraging and welcoming questions from the Black community about cases in his new role.
Alonzo Wright becomes the fourth director of SIRT since its 2012 launch. He’s SIRT’s first director of African descent.