Prosecutors failed to persuade a judge to convict an RCMP officer accused of assaulting a northern Manitoba man outside a hotel bar more than 3½ years ago.
The trial of an RCMP officer accused of assaulting a man outside a Thompson, Man., hotel bar opened on Monday with a witness saying the first arriving officer was agitated over the police regularly being called to the same establishment.
Manitoba RCMP say a First Nations man assaulted an officer. Court documents suggest that s not what happened
Brian Halcrow killed himself last year, seven months after an altercation with RCMP in northern Manitoba. A CBC investigation pieces together what happened the night he was allegedly assaulted by an officer, and why RCMP are fighting a court order to hand over reports to a police watchdog.
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Newly released documents detail 3 versions of events the night Brian Halcrow is alleged to have thrown a hat
Posted: Mar 01, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 5
Thelma Moar says she wants justice for her friend Brian Halcrow. He killed himself last year, seven months after an altercation with Thompson, Man., RCMP.(Tyson Koschik/CBC )
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