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Without provocation, a white man approached me at the Toronto National Home Show and began racially harassing me. He invoked George Floyd.

The encounter was sudden, shocking and unsolicited. I recorded it and later chose to file a formal police complaint.

After following directions from Waterloo Regional Police and Toronto Police, I attended Toronto Police Service’s 14 Division at 9:45 p.m.

I entered the station as a Black man trying to report racial harassment. I left after 11:00 p.m. without my complaint being taken.

Instead of listening, the officer treated me with suspicion and hostility. He demanded that I identify the exact second in the video where a threat occurred, accused me of wasting police time and threatened to arrest me when I did not answer as he demanded.

The complainant was being transformed into the accused.

When I requested a supervisor, I was told none was available. The officer said he would return in five minutes so I could “calm down.”

Five minutes became 75 minutes.

I remained inside the station while officers who could see me chose not to address me. When I called 14 Division from inside 14 Division, I was told they were busy and that I could return another day.

This was not poor customer service. It was the coercive use of police authority against a Black person seeking protection.

Police violence is not limited to physical force. It also operates through intimidation, threats of arrest, denial of assistance and the power to decide whose fear deserves recognition and whose distress will be treated as aggression.

Black people are repeatedly told to trust the process, remain calm and report racial abuse through the proper channels. Inside that station, my frustration became the problem while the racial harassment I came to report remained undocumented.

A man invoked George Floyd while racially harassing me. I went to the police to create an official record. Instead, I was threatened with arrest, left standing for 90+ minutes and sent away without a report being taken.

This video was recorded immediately after I left 14 Division.

The police refused to create the record I went there to make.

So I created my own.

Stop buying hummus if you aren't checking for this. ⚠️

Turn your grocery store hummus around and look at the second ingredient. If it’s vegetable oil, canola oil, or sunflower oil, essentially, seed oils, put it back.

Most mass-produced brands use cheap industrial seed oils as a filler to double their volume and cut production costs. They're selling you a dip that is 20% chickpeas and 80% industrial fat. It's a shortcut for them, but it's a compromise for your health.

At Hanes Hummus, we don’t play that game. We focus on premium sesame tahini, clean ingredients, and zero oil shortcuts.

Real food doesn't need fillers. Real flavour doesn't need to be hidden behind cheap oils.

Check your labels. Demand better. Choose quality over corporate greed.

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