Disciplinary decisions against two Cape Breton Regional Police officers have been struck down by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice, who also refused to discipline other officers on the force over the same incident.
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The judge noted that assaults were observed on security cameras resulting in a variety of injuries, including two inmates who had to be taken to hospital.
A man accused of leading a brutal Halifax jail assault in 2019 had allegedly boasted that he could set off a jailhouse riot with a single phone call, a court heard Tuesday.