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.

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.

  • streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    10 months ago

    Shame on the Toronto Police Service. This is beyond troubling. This is absolutely disgusting, particularly in the context of a peaceful protest in the post George Floyd era. POLICE REFORM NOW. I would like to see automatic criminal charges for any police officer who is filmed pinning someone not carrying a lethal weapon against the ground - via a knee on their neck and or head

    Shane Martínez, the legal counsel for Adam Melanson, 32 at the time of arrest, wrote in a statement that the force police used was “troubling” and reflects an “increasing climate of intimidation” toward pro-Palestinian activists.

    “Such conduct is irreconcilable with our freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression, and our right to security of person, all which are guaranteed by the Charter,” said Martínez.