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Originally Posted by driveway
There is currently no evidence that the woman was being verbally abusive.
We DO have evidence that the police officer has personally apologized for his actions and is writing a letter of apology, both unlikely had the woman been uttering threats (a violation of section 265 1b of the Canadian Criminal Code, and a felony).
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I think we both know that the VPD did the most reasonable marketing approach given the situation. The moment the word "disabled" came into the picture given the stories that the media were running, there is little doubt in my mind that the cop had to issue an apology. It would have been a PR nightmare otherwise. Not to mention it is probably written in VPD policy not to comment on ongoing investigations of this nature.
I never professed to have evidence, but don't use anecdotal evidence to try to draw out a conclusion. The VPD have not officially commented on what the woman said/have not said in the incident.
We've only heard from one party - the alleged victim in this scenario.
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What is more likely to have occurred is that a police officer in a rough neighbourhood thought a disabled woman was a junkie and treated her like crap.
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I think you've nailed down the heart of the issue - the question becomes did they deliberately pick on this person because they thought they were a junkie or did the cop perceive threat because of it?