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Abbass said he did not file a complaint right away because he did not understand the circumstances of his arrest until a public inquiry into Dunphy's death revealed that Buckle and another officer texted about Abbass's arrest and referred to him as a "loser."
As always, ACAB.
So the police just outright abduct and intimidate citizens they don't like, in Canada?
Where do they think they are, America?
Google "starlight tours". Canadian police love abducting people and doing far worse than putting them in a mental hospital.
Cops are cops everywhere. Which is why ACAB is appropriate everywhere as well.
Wasting resources once again. Reduce the rcmp bloat.
I couldn't find the tweet in the article, but found it in this one from last year: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/andrew-abbass-rnc-complaints-1.6967702
Abbass tweeted: "How about this, premier of N.L.: I'm going to bring down Confederation and have politicians executed. Ready to have me shot, coward?"
The tweet, he admits, was meant to antagonize.
"I figured they would arrest me."
I mean, he seems like an unwell person who is tweeting death threats at a politician, so being detained and placed on a psych hold isn't completely out of the question.
The issue is that he wasn't charged with anything. If they charged him with uttering threats during this process, there likely wouldn't be an issue with how he was detained.