{"id":22050,"date":"2020-10-13T20:31:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T00:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/case_summary\/r-v-s-r-d-1997\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T22:11:14","slug":"r-v-s-r-d-1997","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-v-s-r-d-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"R. c. S. (R.D.) (1997)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire portait sur la question de savoir si les propos d\u2019un juge faisant r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au racisme de la part des policiers, montraient un parti pris ou l\u2019apparence de partialit\u00e9 du juge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ, en partenariat avec l&rsquo;Organisation nationale des femmes immigrantes et des femmes appartenant \u00e0 une minorit\u00e9 visible du Canada (ONHIFAMVC) ont intervenu devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>R.D.S., un jeune homme noir, a fait l&rsquo;objet d&rsquo;accusations criminelles apr\u00e8s avoir pr\u00e9tendument interf\u00e9r\u00e9 avec l&rsquo;arrestation d&rsquo;un autre adolescent. Au proc\u00e8s, R.D.S. et le policier qui a t\u00e9moign\u00e9 a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des histoires tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rentes de ce qui s&rsquo;\u00e9tait pass\u00e9. Le juge du tribunal juv\u00e9nile a acquitt\u00e9 R.D.S., concluant que son t\u00e9moignage soulevait un doute raisonnable. Apr\u00e8s avoir acquitt\u00e9 R.D.S., le juge a fait des commentaires reconnaissant le racisme chez certains policiers. Au moment du proc\u00e8s, le juge \u00e9tait le seul juge noir en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Couronne a interjet\u00e9 appel devant la Cour supr\u00eame de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, soutenant que ces commentaires soulevaient une crainte raisonnable de partialit\u00e9. La Cour a ordonn\u00e9 un nouveau proc\u00e8s sur cette base. La Cour d&rsquo;appel de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse a confirm\u00e9 la d\u00e9cision. R.D.S. a interjet\u00e9 appel devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argumentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ et la ONHIFAMVC a fait valoir que, pour interpr\u00e9ter la notification judiciaire et la partialit\u00e9 judiciaire, la Cour devait tenir compte de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 sociale du racisme et reconna\u00eetre la dynamique raciale et sexiste de l&rsquo;affaire. Pour donner effet \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9, les tribunaux doivent tenir compte du contexte social dans lequel une affaire s\u2019est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e. Reconna\u00eetre ce contexte ne constitue pas en soi un biais. En effet, ignorer le contexte social montrerait un biais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00e9sultat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Une majorit\u00e9 de la Cour supr\u00eame a accueilli l&rsquo;appel de R.D.S.et r\u00e9tabli son acquittement. Si les juges doivent \u00eatre neutres, cela ne signifie pas qu&rsquo;ils doivent ignorer leurs exp\u00e9riences de vie. La majorit\u00e9 s\u2019est toutefois divis\u00e9e quant \u00e0 son point de vue sur les propos du juge. Deux des juges ont estim\u00e9 que les commentaires \u00e9taient proches de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, tandis que quatre ont estim\u00e9 qu&rsquo;ils refl\u00e9taient de mani\u00e8re appropri\u00e9e la preuve et le contexte dans lequel l&rsquo;affaire avait surgi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ tient \u00e0 remercier Yola Grant et Carol Allen, avocates dans cette affaire, ainsi que Carole Brown, agente d&rsquo;Ottawa pour le FAEJ et la ONHIFAMVC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire du FAEJ et de la ONHIFAMVC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RDS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisez la d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/scc\/doc\/1997\/1997canlii324\/1997canlii324.html?autocompleteStr=r%20v%20s%20(r&amp;autocompletePos=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nos dossiers sont imparfaits, mais nous faisons de notre mieux pour les mettre \u00e0 jour &#8211; si vous \u00e9tiez impliqu\u00e9 avec le FAEJ dans cette affaire mais que votre nom n&rsquo;appara\u00eet pas ici, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel \u00e0<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:info@leaf.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>info@leaf.ca<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[572,573,539,574,575,576],"class_list":["post-22050","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry","tag-anti-black-racism-fr","tag-bias-fr","tag-equality-fr","tag-judge-fr","tag-police-racism-fr","tag-racism-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R. c. 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