![]() ![]() Khan added he was about nine metres away from the incident while recording the video, and was "taken aback" when two officers told him that if he was witnessing the incident they would have to seize his phone. I think this speaks to the way this officer or these officers look toward certain demographics of people," he said. "You don't get HIV from someone spitting on you. He also slammed the officer's threatening language about AIDS. "From what I could see, he was completely unresponsive," Khan recalled, adding the incident was "disturbing" to witness. An officer is also seen in the video kicking the man while he is on the ground surrounded by officers.Īnother male officer, wearing a tuque, can be heard on the video speaking to bystanders and makes the comment about the suspect transmitting HIV/AIDS. The resulting video appears to show police officers using a stun gun on the man as he lies on the ground near Dundas Street East and Church Street. "As soon as I saw this, I told my wife 'I've got to jump out and record this.'" 'You're going to get AIDS' ![]() "Two officers grabbed him out of the drivers' side rear door, he was placed on the ground, and this is where it really disturbed me - he was kicked and stomped in the head by police officers," Khan said.Īt the time, Khan said the man appeared to be restrained, with his hands behind his back. Police have launched an internal investigation into what's seen in the video, filmed by Waseem Khan Tuesday morning after he spotted an altercation between officers and a man in the back of a cruiser near Ryerson University. Toronto police vow to review use of force in arrest of man Tasered while restrained.The apology appeared to refer only to a male officer saying "he's going to spit in your face and you're going to get AIDS" - apparently referring to the suspect - and said nothing about the use of a Taser on the suspect while he appears to be restrained on the ground in the footage. "What was done was wrong and when you do something wrong you have to make amends for it." ^vk- was the right thing to do," police spokesman Const. 3rd step in righting a wrong: A Professional Standards/Internal Affairs investigation into incident is underway. ![]()
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