Police probe use of violence Final Edition

Edmonton police have launched an internal investigation into a Whyte Avenue altercation, where a uniformed Edmonton Police Service officer slapped a handcuffed woman in the head, then threw her to the ground, leaving her bloodied. Journal photographer Jimmy Jeong witnessed the slapping incident. It...

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Published inLeader-post (Regina)
Main Author Trish Audette, David Staples, Andrea Sands and Charles Rusnell
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Regina, Sask Postmedia Network Inc 19.06.2006
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Jeong, Jimmy
EDMONTON
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Summary:Edmonton police have launched an internal investigation into a Whyte Avenue altercation, where a uniformed Edmonton Police Service officer slapped a handcuffed woman in the head, then threw her to the ground, leaving her bloodied. Journal photographer Jimmy Jeong witnessed the slapping incident. It started with the woman standing among a group of arrested people, waiting to be escorted to a bus, before they were to be shipped off to spend the night in jail. Colour Photo: CanWest / A woman is hit on the side of the head and taken down to the pavement by an Edmonton police officer on Whyte Avenue after the Oilers' victory on Saturday.
ISSN:0839-2870