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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.

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[–] wise_pancake 17 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Always were and forever more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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.