A cellphone video of the incident shows police wrestling Santina Rao to the floor after the falsely accused her of shoplifting
Rao said she tried to show the officers her receipts and agreed to let them search her purse and the stroller.She suffered a broken wrist and a concussion, which has led to an investigation by Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog agency.
“She still talks about it every single day,” Rao said, adding that her daughter has become very protective of her. “Sometimes she says, ‘Mommy, I’m going to protect you from the police.’ Her vision of police is brutality.”“If I looked like my children, would I be treated like that?” she said. “We just want to be treated the way white people treat white people.
Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella issued a statement Tuesday saying the police force will allow the investigation to follow its course.
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