Oct
27
2009
Excessive force of Abbotsford police officers caught on video
Author: Hasan JunaidA video purported to be taken on October 9, 2009 surfaced on YouTube showing the apprehension of two men by the Abbotsford police department (APD). The nearly five minute video shows officers using excessive force while the two suspects are on the ground.
The video does not have audio and begins with one suspect already on the ground and the other appearing to be thrown to the ground from his vehicle. Over the next three minutes of the footage officers proceed to focus on one of the suspects kicking him on the head and ribs, and applying pressure to the back, the head and the hands by standing or kneeling on them. The suspects through most of the video appear to be lying still on the ground, occasionally looking up or slightly adjusting their body position. Most of the physical force by the officers would follow after these slight movements.
The suspects were not actively resisting and their actions through the course of the arrest were neither threatening nor displayed an attempt at escape. From the portion of the video available on the Internet, the Abbotsford police appear to have used excessive force.
The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WheWb7G5NPs
November 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
the rcmp beat me up and im disabled they pulled us over on hiway 1 near abbottsford b.c. beat up my husband who is frank martin right after that i was beat up because i wanted to use wash room and by then there was 6 rcmp standing around me all laughing and making fun at us saying racist remarks about how i can walk and dont need my electrick scooter.my only response was i need to pee and proceeded to go around my van so i could have privacy.thats when rcmp pulled me off my scooter and threw me flat on my face to ground and put his knee into my back.soon i was let up and had to pee so bad by then i pulled my pants down in front of all rcmp standing around laughing at me because of how i looked as disabled and how my daughter had to help me pee by holding me up so we know how rcmp are in abbottsford.we went to court and lost because judge said rcmp were in right doing what they did to save me from my self.racim in rcmp because we are first nations and or indigenous to this land b.c. status indians under indian act we suppose to be protected by rcmp not beaten and abused