6 officers subdue drunk at UWO Social Science Centre

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Wow. Pretty extreme stuff in my building at UWO.

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A video of an arrest of what witnesses called a "drunk" male on the campus at the University of Western Ontario, Wednesday (Oct. 14), is getting some local attention on YouTube.

The video was sent to LondonTopic.ca anonymously and shows university police restraining a male suspect in a hallway of the Social Science centre at Western.

The incident took place at around 5:30 p.m., according to one commenter on the popular video site.

Four officers are seen restraining the man, repeatedly shouting at him to "stop resisting." The number of officers increased to six as the incident progressed.

Just past the 10 second mark of the video, one officer can be seen kneeing the suspect several times in the lower back, and at the 20 second mark, a second officer repeatedly strikes the suspect with a billy-club like object for approximately 10 seconds.

Some who watched the video on YouTube viewed the actions of officer as police brutality, while others were more lenient, wondering what the suspect may have done prior to his arrest.

No information regarding the arrest or the incident had been issued by authorities at the time of publication.
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16516

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http://communications.uwo.ca/com/wes...0091015444984/

From Western News

Violent suspect arrested


By Communications Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2009 A student at The University of Western Ontario has been arrested following violent confrontations on a number of floors at Western's Social Sciences Building.
The incident began shortly after 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14 when campus police were contacted by a student in the Social Sciences building who reported being followed by another student acting in a strange manner.
A short time later, campus police received calls regarding a disoriented and threatening individual who had appeared on two different floors attempting to enter offices. On the 8th floor, the suspect entered an office and attempted to force the occupant to leave. Being unsuccessful, the suspect left and subsequently barricaded himself in a 7th floor office. London Police were called.
Two campus officers arrived on the scene and the suspect came out of the barricaded office and charged the officers in a violent manner. Other persons on the floor fled for their own safety and some locked themselves in their own offices.
A third officer arrived and the three officers attempted to subdue the suspect, but he was able to break away from officers and fled.
On the main floor the suspect was stopped by a campus police officer and a confrontation took place as the suspect attempted to flee. London Police officers arrived on the scene to assist campus police and tried to subdue the suspect, who continued to fight violently and would not allow himself to be handcuffed.

After numerous loud requests to the suspect to stop resisting, officers used punches and strikes to the suspect’s arms to apply handcuffs.
The suspect was eventually subdued and as he was being led outside, he began to fight once again. He was further restrained by officers. An ambulance arrived at this time. Paramedics had been called because officers felt the behaviour exhibited by the individual indicated he should be assessed at hospital.
The resistance continued after the individual was transported to hospital. He was released into police custody at 3 a.m. October 15.
The individual has been charged with mischief, resisting arrest, assault, and escaping custody.
“Our officers and London Police officers were dealing with a disoriented and violent young person who clearly required help,” said Gitta Kulczycki, Vice-President, Resources & Operations at Western.
“Our officers did what they needed to do to ensure that he and others around him were safe.”
“As always, we will examine our actions and will work with London Police to ensure that use of force was appropriate,” said Kulczycki.

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See my comments on the Canada board.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...37#post4509037