No charges for Manitoba officer accused of using derogatory language, punching person's face: IIU

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· Posted: Jun 12, 2025 3:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Manitoba's constabulary watchdog is not pressing charges against a Brandon constabulary serviceman who was accused of throwing a idiosyncratic onto the ground, punching her look and referring to her with derogatory language during an arrest. 

In October 2023, the seat of Community Mobilization Westman, a Brandon-based inaugural for assemblage safety, met with Brandon constabulary aft a Child and Family Services lawsuit idiosyncratic told her a constabulary serviceman called a idiosyncratic a "rez dog" and a "neechie" respective times during an arrest. 

The serviceman was besides accused of slamming the idiosyncratic against a partition of the house, throwing her to the crushed and hitting her look respective times during the interaction. 

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) — liable for investigating each superior matters involving constabulary — assumed the probe aft the idiosyncratic suffered injuries during the arrest. 

In its last study connected the incident, completed connected May 23 and published connected Wednesday, the IIU said it reviewed audio from the patrol conveyance wherever the idiosyncratic and 2 officers were travelling. 

During the recording, idiosyncratic is heard saying, "You're a neechie that's why," to which the idiosyncratic responded, "What the f--k, did you conscionable truly accidental that, that I'm a neechie?"

The IIU said it "cannot condone specified connection arsenic due oregon necessary" but it is not imaginable to property the archetypal remark to anyone specifically.

"Efforts indispensable beryllium made to bash better, and acquisition indispensable hap to guarantee that specified connection is not utilized successful a derogatory context," the IIU said successful its report.

Police accidental idiosyncratic was resisting arrest 

The enactment with constabulary began hours aft the pistillate had started drinking with idiosyncratic other astatine her house. She told the IIU they past went to fume weed astatine idiosyncratic else's house. 

One of the 3 officers who were dispatched to the country for a disturbance call told the IIU they recovered a radical of young radical who appeared to beryllium rather intoxicated. 

Police tried to found who the young radical were, but 1 of them became belligerent, the serviceman told the IIU. 

While that person was being handcuffed, the pistillate who's the absorption of the report told the IIU she started walking toward them erstwhile different serviceman grabbed her by the limb and threw her against a spiky wall. 

The idiosyncratic said the serviceman tripped her to the ground. With her arms laid successful beforehand of her, she asked the serviceman to get disconnected her, but helium punched her successful the look with an unfastened and closed fist while telling her to halt resisting, she told the IIU. 

The serviceman declined to talk with the IIU successful accordance with his rights. Instead, helium provided an incidental of unit study wherever helium said helium pushed the pistillate connected her back after she attempted to tally toward the idiosyncratic who was being arrested, contempt being told not to.

After stumbling against the house, the female got up and started to battle the officer, punching and scratching his face, the officer's study said. 

The serviceman pulled the idiosyncratic to the crushed wherever helium said she continued to resist. The study said the serviceman tried to use unit to 2 points on her jaw and receptor to support her nether control, but the idiosyncratic continued to footwear and flail truthful helium delivered "three high-level mechanical stuns" to her head.

The idiosyncratic denied she was resisting and said different serviceman grabbed her arms and handcuffed her. 

The officer who was trying to apprehension the archetypal idiosyncratic told the IIU helium believed helium would person been assaulted by the pistillate if the accused serviceman hadn't stepped betwixt them.   

Crown not recommending charges 

The IIU study says the idiosyncratic was seen astatine the exigency country successful Brandon's hospital, wherever aesculapian unit advised they didn't observe immoderate important injuries oregon concerns. 

In her archetypal connection to the Child and Family Services lawsuit worker, the idiosyncratic said determination had been a important battle portion she was successful constabulary custody successful the hospital. 

However, the IIU said they reviewed infirmary surveillance and determination was nary grounds that a carnal altercation occurred there.

The IIU sent their probe for reappraisal to the Manitoba Prosecution Service to find whether immoderate charges should beryllium authorized against the officer. 

The Crown said it is not recommending charges due to the fact that determination is nary tenable likelihood of condemnation for the serviceman based connected the grounds obtained by the IIU. 

Based connected the Crown's opinion, the IIU concluded nary charges would beryllium authorized and closed the investigation.