Jeff Monas News Today

The jury in the coroner’s inquest examining the death of Emmanuel Oruitemeka while in police custody heard testimony from the paramedic who arrived on the scene, who said officers did what they understood needed to be done, while an OPP in-service training officer provided details of police first-aid training

Thunder Bay Police Service officers testified to seeing Emmanuel Oruitemeka still breathing after becoming unresponsive inside police headquarters before his 2014 death, citing that as an explanation for why his pulse had not been taken.