Shanna Blanchard was having an emotional argument with her 21-year-old son at her Nanaimo, B.C., home on Vancouver Island one afternoon in late May, when she decided to lock herself in the bathroom. "[I] lay on the floor and cried and cried and cried and cried —I was really upset." The police wellness check that followed left Blanchard's nose broken, teeth damaged and her ribs bruised, she alleges. Shanna Blanchard says she was able to tear the spit hood away from her face while wearing handcuffs. Surveillance footage shows three RCMP officers taking Shanna Blanchard to a vehicle.

Source: CBC News June 26, 2020 05:03 UTC