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Here's a CBC documentary on the Calgary Police Service focusing on three incidents.

https://gem.cbc.ca/media/cbc-docs-po...5a-012e98cd87c

I'd just encourage everyone to watch but here's a 'brief' rundown:

Godfred Addai-Nyamekye's Starlight Tour by two thug officers and then assaulted by a separate officer repeating calling 911 for help.

Spoiler!

He was a designated driver who got his car stuck at 3 am. Cops came, and harassed him, eventually putting him in their cruiser, driving him away from his home and kicking him out of the car in East Village in -30 weather while dressed inappropriately for that weather. The officers then told 911 operators and other officers not to help him out if they get a call from him. He was limited to calling 911 as he had his friend's phone on him but not the password. He persisted in calling 911 and eventually a cop showed up to beat the #### out of him.

His severe back problems from the incident left him unemployable and he ended up homeless crashing on couches. He also has PTSD from the incident. He was charged for assault on an officer but fortunately his defense was able to get video of the incident from the helicopter and the judge ruled the police non-credible. His lawyers pretty much come out and say without the video he would have lost with his word against the officers.

He put in a complaint a month (IIRC) after the incident and 5 years later nothing has come of it. Still being investigated.

Daniel Haworth's assault by Const. Lindsay.

Spoiler!

This is the very same officer who attacked Addai-Nyamekye - 17 months after Addai-Nyamekye had put in a complaint against him that was at best ignored.

Haworth was suspected of breaking into his ex's house and was arrested. During the transfer, Const. Lindsay takes him out of the vehicle, punches him in the head three times before throwing him to the pavement - while handcuffed.

Haworth would die shortly after the incident due to a fentanyl overdose. The family believes that it was a result of the incident -if not peripheral- as the incident left him with severe brain injuries (requiring the doctors to put a hole in his head). They argue the memory issues that came from the attack led to him being removed from a rehab facility as he forgot to go to meetings. He died the same day he was kicked out. Cops hold a presser informing the public that his death and the incident were unrelated.

Another incident where fortunately there was video. Lindsay was convicted of aggravated assault in 2019. Four years after the crime.

Anthony Heffernan's killing by police.

Spoiler!

He was the drug addict called by the hotel for a wellness check and ended up dead because he had a syringe in his hand. The same officer would go onto shoot the man in the wheelchair with a gun.

This one I think is more 'grey' but there is some serious questions around it. Why was only one officer fearing for his life that he needed to shoot, when the others were happy to try tasers? And how reliable is the ASIRT if they have yet to do anything at all for any of the police shootings? Especially when Calgary is one of the worst on a per-capita basis in North America?

Former chief Chaffin talks about how his goal was to get more transparency and accountable and how that pissed off the police union. There's talk about the bad apple and the bad barrel.

Addai-Nyamekye nails it at the end when he says there's good officers but where were they during his incident? There was numerous police involved, not just the two kidnappers, not just the assaulter, and what "good" did they do?

Not touched in the documentary, but how can an officer call dispatch and tell every single officer not to help out someone if they get a call from a man in East Village about freezing? Why aren't the "good" police speaking out against #### like that?

Finally for those who don't believe that the crown would charge someone innocent (specifically Weitz and ||Whiteout|), they briefly have a lawyer talk about that very issue. He talks about how much the crown prosecutor and police work together. If you aren't going to watch the documentary, at least watch from about 24 minutes to 26 minutes