(CBC) It’s a situation that happens often. Neighbours hear sounds of fighting next door and call 911.
Police arrive within minutes, knock on the door and ask questions.
But when the officers are white, and the person who answers the door is a newcomer with little English and suffering from culture shock, it becomes more complicated.
In this situation, the wife tried to convey to police she and her husband were shouting at each other, and she was fine, said Abid Sheikh, a Muslim community leader and volunteer police chaplain in the greater Saint John area.
But the officers couldn’t understand her, so they handcuffed the man and took him away in front of his children.
