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'Troubling' video contradicts police account of pro-Palestinian protester's arrest (www.thestar.com)
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A lawyer for Adam Melanson, charged with assaulting an officer, said he plans to fight the charges as video appears to show officer kneeling on client's neck.

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

This isn't going to stop until the police union stops defending bad cops, and that isn't going to stop until legal settlements for police malfeasance are a) paid for by the union, and/or b) police and/or their union are required to pay for their own malpractice insurance.