Police officers guilty of assaulting disabled man

[Nitika]

Two Toronto police constables have been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm during the arrest of a disabled, verbally abusive man in Cabbagetown.
Edward Ing and John Cruz were stone-faced and had no comment on after Justice Elliott Allen gave his verdict in Brampton court Tuesday morning.

Richard Moore suffered fractured ribs and a cut to his scalp that required stitches when he was arrested on the steps of his Gerrard St. E. rooming house on the night of April 24, 2009.
“His injuries are consistent with being struck constantly,” the judge said, adding that he accepted the officers’ testimony that Moore was verbally abusive towards them.
“The preponderance of evidence suggests he was making venomous remarks upon his arrest,” the judge said.

The officers had testified that they were attempting to take Moore into custody on a charge of being drunk in public for his own safety, fearing that he might wander into traffic.

The judge said the officers did not have grounds for an arrest.
He noted that Moore had no trace of alcohol in his system when he was taken to hospital and that the charge of being drunk in a public place was later thrown out of court.

Moore, who was 59 at the time of the incident, was not present in court for the verdict.
No date has been set for sentencing.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/927662--police-officers-guilty-of-assaulting-disabled-man

 

[Pompal 09.]

I'm not one to usually bash the cops but these two should never have made it on the force. They are an embarrassment to the good boys in blue.

 

[fruitytuttytutty]

Shame on them all i have to say.

 

[Tyler W]

They look evil. I'm guessing they don't like being on the other end of the law.

 

[Kelsey Ann]

Finally the courts go against the corrupt cops. Maybe the courts are not that bad after all.

 

[shealynn r]

You see, karma does work.