“I
said to myself, ‘I don’t want to die today,’” said McRae. “Let’s say
one of them is very trigger happy — what’s gonna happen?”
‘Cleaning while black’
The police officers took the empty bottle of stout for evidence, but left the rest of the recycling materials behind.
They
handed McRae a fine for $486. In the ticket, which he showed to
CBC News, the offence is described as “being the driver of a road
vehicle, having consumed alcoholic beverages.”