[Minnie]

I was reading about this somewhere else and someone says that the security guards aren't actually allowed to use this sort of force? That they are to try and detain and phone police to handle the situation. I also read that witnesses are coming forward to back up Daniel's statements, that he did not, in any way, assault the guard who claims Daniel punched him in the face.

Clearly, if he was released without being charged, there was no reason to treat him in that manner to begin with. If the guards don't have a clear reason to detain and are simply pissed that someone didn't give them some level of 'respect' they seem to think they are due, or who spoke rudely to them, they need to get the hell out of the business because that sort of thing is par for the course, so they need to get some thicker skin. As for charges, Daniel should be filing them against those security guards, and Chinook Centre.

There was a similar situation at Children's Hospital, IIRC, and the security guard(s) is/are the ones who ended up being charged and they were also fired from their positions.

I loathe rent-a-cops. I've met precious few of them who weren't jumped up wannabes anxious to prove their 'power' and whose level of braggadocio is unparalled and beyond obnoxious. There are exceptions, obviously, and I've met a few of them, and they are pleasant people.