Manitoba’s police watchdog is not pressing charges against a Brandon police officer who was accused of throwing a person onto the ground, punching her face and referring to her with derogatory language during an arrest.
In October 2023, the chair of Community Mobilization Westman, a Brandon-based initiative for community safety, met with Brandon police after a Child and Family Services case worker told her a police officer called a person a “rez dog” and a “neechie” several times during an arrest.
The officer was also accused of slamming the person against a wall of the house, throwing her to the ground and hitting her face several times during the interaction.
Cops should be held to a higher standard with their given authority.
Yelling racial slurs while arresting someone should be a hate crime put at minimum harassment.
As always, ACAB.
Always were and forever more.
What the fuck Canada do better, cops are civil servants that should be held to a higher standard. What ever happened to lead by example.
Amazing.
the IIU said it reviewed audio from the patrol vehicle where the person and two officers were travelling.
During the recording, someone is heard saying, “You’re a neechie that’s why,” to which the person responded, “What the f–k, did you just really say that, that I’m a neechie?”
The IIU said it “cannot condone such language as appropriate or necessary” but it is not possible to attribute the initial comment to anyone specifically.
