BREAKING: Toronto cop found guilty of assaulting young Black man Dafonte Miller, brother found not guilty
Defence lawyers had argued the brothers caught Miller and his friends breaking into a vehicle and acted out of self-defence, alleging Miller was the one wielding a pipe.
They also argued that if Miller did, in fact, lie about the events leading up to the encounter, that would be understandable given that he was the one handcuffed and arrested that night even as he lay bleeding on the ground.Article content continued Miller said he didn’t have a chance to fight back, and only recalled seeing Michael Theriault with the pipe.
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