For four months, Edmonton police withheld from prosecutors a private citizen’s cellphone video showing a violent assault by an officer on an Indigenous man. Both Edmonton police and Mcleod’s lawyer confirmed to CBC News in recent weeks that the video was withheld from prosecutors following McLeod’s violent arrest. After the video was disclosed, prosecutors stayed four criminal charges against McLeod, including resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Legal experts say police should have disclosed the video to the Crown and McLeod’s defence lawyer as soon as possible. Edmonton police said once Partington is sentenced and a complaint investigation is resolved, they will begin another internal investigation into McCargar’s behaviour during McLeod’s arrest.

Source: CBC News November 12, 2021 17:41 UTC