{"id":110721,"date":"2025-10-24T09:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurivision.ca\/?p=110721"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:20:41","slug":"keys-to-the-court-the-rodney-small-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurivision.ca\/en\/keys-to-the-court-the-rodney-small-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Keys to the Court: The Rodney Small Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On an October night in 1993, teenager Rodney Small was arrested by a police officer who claimed the then 15-year-old boy had run into him with his bike and hit him. Rodney had no idea that his story would take him to the Supreme Court of Canada and become a legal battleground for larger questions about race, policing practices in Halifax, and the impartiality of Corinne Sparks, the country\u2019s first Black woman judge. <\/p>\n\n

Rodney takes us from his early days in Halifax\u2019s Uniacke Square to his central role in the landmark R. v. R.D.S. case and its aftermath. Watch as Rodney revisits a story that reshaped his life\u2014and challenged the judicial system to confront hard truths about race and justice. <\/p>\n\n

This documentary is part of a series of short films<\/span> giving voice to<\/span> <\/span>citizens<\/span> who<\/span> brought<\/span> their<\/span> cases to the Supreme Court of Canada<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>featured throughout the <\/span>docu-<\/span>course<\/span> <\/span>Keys to the Court<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>These documentaries offer<\/span><\/span> perspectives <\/span>rarely<\/span> heard<\/span> on <\/span>their<\/span> experience<\/span> with<\/span> the justice system <\/span>and the lasting impact of <\/span>those<\/span> experiences<\/span> on <\/span>their<\/span> families<\/span> and <\/span>communities<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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