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The media did get a hold of the story and officials from Chinook Centre are reviewing the video.....

Peggy Lim, marketing director for Chinook Centre, said the man was detained before Calgary police arrived.

“Since the incident took place, a partial video recording of the event has surfaced and we will review this footage as part of our standard internal review process,” said Lim.

“Given that we are in the midst of conducting an internal investigation, we must decline any further comment, except to say that we take this matter very seriously and that our priority is to ensure the safety of all patrons, tenants and staff at Chinook Centre.”

Leo Knight, chief operations officer for Paladin Security, watched the video and said it’s difficult to judge if the security guards went too far without knowing all the details of the case.

“You see one officer throwing 2-3 punches when the suspect is on the ground in the struggle. Is it justified? I don’t know. For example, was the suspect biting on one of the officers’ fingers in the pile? We don’t know,’ he said.

“I am loathe to criticize without any context or details. For example, what precipitated the hands-on takedown? Clearly you hear one officer say that the suspect punched him. We don’t see that.”

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