OTTAWA — The family of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest by police eight years ago is hoping the coroner's inquest into his death will lead to improvements in the way police respond to calls involving a mental health crisis.
OTTAWA — The family of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest by police eight years ago is hoping the coroner's inquest into his death will lead to improvements in the way police respond to calls involving a mental health crisis.His family issued a statement that was read by their lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon.
Abdi died after police officers responded to a 911 call reporting that a man was groping women outside a coffee shop in Ottawa's Hintonburg neighbourhood. The jury will be shown evidence including Abdi's personal history, medical and mental-health care, interactions before his death and what happened during his interaction with police.
The jurors heard Monday that Abdi was born in Somalia and left with his family to a refugee camp in Kenya with his family before moving to Canada in 2009.He was married in 2015, but his mental health began to deteriorate shortly after. He said he thought Abdi was struggling with some sort of mental illness, and that while Abdi initially complied with police, he ran away once they tried to handcuff him.
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