Edmonton police officer acquitted of assault with a weapon during arrest
An Edmonton police officer who shot a man with a stun gun during an arrest was found not guilty of assault with a weapon Tuesday.
Source: cbc.ca
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An Edmonton police officer who shot a man with a stun gun during an arrest was found not guilty of assault with a weapon Tuesday.
An Edmonton police officer accused of unnecessarily using a stun gun on an arrestee said he was taken aback to see a colleague put his boot on the prone suspect's head.
The victim was on the ground-level Churchill LRT platform waiting for a train Feb. 24 when he was approached by a male suspect around 5:30 a.m.
A trial is underway to determine whether an Edmonton police officer was justified in firing a stun gun into the back of a restrained man.