SneakySnake
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Two Toronto police constables have been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm during the arrest of a disabled, verbally abusive man in Cabbagetown.
Edward Ing and John Cruz were stone-faced and had no comment on after Justice Elliott Allen gave his verdict in Brampton court Tuesday morning.
Richard Moore suffered fractured ribs and a cut to his scalp that required stitches when he was arrested on the steps of his Gerrard St. E. rooming house on the night of April 24, 2009.
“His injuries are consistent with being struck constantly,” the judge said, adding that he accepted the officers’ testimony that Moore was verbally abusive towards them.
“The preponderance of evidence suggests he was making venomous remarks upon his arrest,” the judge said.
The officers had testified that they were attempting to take Moore into custody on a charge of being drunk in public for his own safety, fearing that he might wander into traffic.
The judge said the officers did not have grounds for an arrest.
He noted that Moore had no trace of alcohol in his system when he was taken to hospital and that the charge of being drunk in a public place was later thrown out of court.
Moore, who was 59 at the time of the incident, was not present in court for the verdict.
No date has been set for sentencing.
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/927662--police-officers-guilty-of-assaulting-disabled-man
Edward Ing and John Cruz were stone-faced and had no comment on after Justice Elliott Allen gave his verdict in Brampton court Tuesday morning.
Richard Moore suffered fractured ribs and a cut to his scalp that required stitches when he was arrested on the steps of his Gerrard St. E. rooming house on the night of April 24, 2009.
“His injuries are consistent with being struck constantly,” the judge said, adding that he accepted the officers’ testimony that Moore was verbally abusive towards them.
“The preponderance of evidence suggests he was making venomous remarks upon his arrest,” the judge said.
The officers had testified that they were attempting to take Moore into custody on a charge of being drunk in public for his own safety, fearing that he might wander into traffic.
The judge said the officers did not have grounds for an arrest.
He noted that Moore had no trace of alcohol in his system when he was taken to hospital and that the charge of being drunk in a public place was later thrown out of court.
Moore, who was 59 at the time of the incident, was not present in court for the verdict.
No date has been set for sentencing.
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/927662--police-officers-guilty-of-assaulting-disabled-man
