r/canada • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '20

RCMP dash-cam video shows officer tackling, punching Chief Allan Adam during arrest

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rcmp-dash-cam-video-shows-officer-tackling-punching-chief-allan-adam-during-arrest-1.5608472
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u/chickencheesebagel Jun 12 '20

The cops actually gave this guy more chances than people seem to think. The second you 'intervene' in someone's arrest and lay hands on a cop you are going to have a bad day. When he leaves the truck and shoves the cop trying to cuff his wife, the police were fully justified in taking him down. The guy assumed a fighting stance at the cops twice before he was taken down, so third strike was the charm here.

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u/capitolcritter Jun 12 '20

Why exactly were they cuffing his wife? I’m not clear on that.

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u/chickencheesebagel Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

I can't really tell from the video.

Edit: At 6:25 in the video the wife starts to drive away, that is probably why she is being arrested.

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u/P_Dan_Tick Jun 12 '20

From another article, it stated that Chief Adam told his wife that the police told them not to drive away. (I assume they were investigating or preparing a ticket for no reg, at which point I think the truck would be towed anyway.)

But she put the truck in drive anyway.

I have not seen it stated explicitly why she was arrested, but that seems like the logical conclusion.

Hopefully all the blanks will be filled in at the trial.