A crowd gathers outside Hindu Sabha Mandir temple Sunday evening, hours after a protest outside the temple prompted a police investigation.
Peel police have released body camera footage from a protest outside the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton earlier this month, and say it shows an officer lawfully disarming a demonstrator.Posted: Nov 14, 2024 2:57 PM EST | Last Updated: 37 minutes ago
A crowd gathers outside Hindu Sabha Mandir temple earlier this month, hours after a protest outside the temple prompted a police investigation. Peel police have released body camera footage from a protest outside the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton earlier this month, and say it shows an officer lawfully disarming a demonstrator.
In a news release issued Thursday, police said the body camera footage was being released after another video previously posted on social media showed an altercation between an officer and the protester from the Nov. 3 protest.a proposed independent Sikh homeland in northern India"Peel Regional Police understands that the video caused concern in the community," the statement reads. "We take all complaints about officer conduct seriously and have conducted a review of the incident.
Investigators say that public safety became a concern during the protest, so officers decided to seize any items that could be used as a weapon. "Following an investigation, it was determined that the officer depicted in the video was attempting to disarm an individual who refused to surrender their weapon and became confrontational, and accordingly acted within the lawful execution of his duties," the statement reads.
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