Toronto police officer Michael Theriault and his brother Christian Theriault are accused of aggravated assault and obstruction of justice stemming from a 2016 encounter that left Miller beaten so badly he lost an eye
Friday – against the backdrop of a month of global protests denouncing anti-Black racism and police brutality.
Mr. Miller testified in court that he and his friends were walking through the neighbourhood, on their way to meet some girls, when they passed by the Theriaults, who were standing on the street. The Theriaults, he said, demanded to know where they were going. As the three friends tried to walk past them, the Theriaults gave chase, Mr. Miller said.
According to Mr. Miller, who took the witness stand, Christian Theriault grabbed him, put him in a headlock and pulled him to the ground. He told the court both brothers hit him and Michael Theriault struck him with a metal pipe. after Mr. Miller managed to get out of the headlock on the flowerbed, he was taken to the ground again on the grass between [house number] and [house number] Erickson Drive and was beaten by both defendants as he lay there facing the fence;”A four-foot metal pipe stained with blood was found on a snow-covered lawn by police who attended the scene.
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