The family and legal representation of a man suing the Toronto Police Service (TPS) after they allegedly Tasered him while pinning him to the ground with a knee on his neck says body camera footage of the "brutal" assault is being withheld by the force.
A police officer’s knee was pinned against the neck of a University of Toronto student as he was repeatedly Tasered on the ground with his hands behind his head before his identification proved what he had told police – they had the wrong man, a statement of claim says.
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A University of Toronto student and his mother are suing three Toronto police officers alongside the Toronto Police Services Board and seeking damages of just under $3 million, alleging that Hasani O’Gilvie was unlawfully and violently detained by police back in the summer of 2021.