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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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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Even if kneeling on someone's head against pavement/concrete isn't lethal, I think it so clearly beyond any necessary amount of force (especially against unarmed people)-it's clearly excessive and perhaps intended to intimidate, and it is dehumanizing

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, it wasn't pleasant.

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