The force was served with the claim about a week ago, spokeswoman Allison Sparkes said Friday, and hasn’t yet filed a statement of defence. The trial of the three downtown officers in the late spring of 2017 received enormous publicity. Nyznik and Kara are each charged with three counts of discreditable conduct while Cabero faces two counts. There were also difficulties with the criminal investigation. In one instance, detectives didn’t move to seize all the available video until much of it had been lost forever.

Source: National Post May 03, 2019 21:11 UTC