Punches were thrown as officer tried to help handcuff the suspect, but it wasn't unreasonable force under the circumstances, rules Crown
The prosecutors concluded that evidence didn’t meet the standard to press charges and to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the force was excessive.
He was standing in the road beside his vehicle when the pickup pulled out and accelerated toward him. The Mountie drew his gun and pointed it at the truck as it sped past, barely missing him. The suspect was initially compliant, dropping to his knees facing away from the highway. The officer pushed him face down and tried to put him in handcuffs. But the man tucked both hands under his body and ignored commands to put them out so they could be cuffed, and resisted the officer’s efforts to control his arms.
“Although he later complained of injuries, including bruising and swelling, suffered during the arrest, these injuries are not apparent in photos taken at the time,” said the statement. An assessment at Cariboo Memorial Hospital the next day made no mention of bruising and swelling. The Crown noted that the law doesn’t require the “minimum possible force necessary,” only that it be used “within a reasonable range of force options.”
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