Officers were looking for a different Black man — wanted in a domestic incident — when Sgt. Rachel Saliba spotted Hasani O’Gilvie on his way to class. The “mistaken identity”
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    29 days ago

    Two popovers and then the page changed to a different article. I’m too lazy to go to an archive service. I hate the modern web.

    • Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      14·
      29 days ago

      Full article is as follows:

      Toronto police sergeant gets eight-month demotion for her role in violent ‘mistaken identity’ arrest of U of T student

      Officers were looking for a different Black man — wanted in a domestic incident — when Sgt. Rachel Saliba spotted Hasani O’Gilvie on his way to class. The “mistaken identity” arrest ended with O’Gilvie being Tasered and the subject of a knee-to-neck restraint.

      Sgt. Rachel Saliba, one of two Toronto police officers who pleaded guilty to misconduct charges in the “mistaken identity” arrest and Tasering of Hasani O’Gilvie, a Black university student, was penalized with an eight-month demotion on Monday.

      Saliba pleaded guilty earlier this year to an unlawful exercise of authority in making an unnecessary arrest that she initiated — even though O’Gilvie had identified himself — triggering a violent take down of an innocent man.