Saskatoon man William Favel, who filed a public complaint last year, filed a complaint to the Saskatchewan Human RIghts Commission.
The first thing he thinks is that they’re coming to get him, because all of his past experiences with city police have been negative, he said.He filed a complaint to the Public Complaints Commission soon after an April 2, 2021 stop by Saskatoon city police on 20th Street West, during which he alleged officers used excessive force to handcuff him and issue a jaywalking ticket, which he paid. The PCC investigation is ongoing.
Saskatoon police deferred comment to the city’s board of police commissioners, which confirmed a complaint is proceeding through Human Rights Commission processes, but declined to comment “out of respect for that process.” The board oversees police governance, but not day-to-day operations, and has no legal responsibility or liability for the officers’ conduct, and no authority to make changes requested during mediation, the letter noted.After a complaint is filed and a response is received,. If a settlement is not reached within 90 days, it goes to the investigation process, but it can go back to mediation at any time.
Favel received an emailed copy of the board’s response, dated March 4, 2022. The document, which the StarPhoenix viewed, had many redactions and the first page was missing. Favel later provided the StarPhoenix an email from the SHRC that the page may have been largely redacted and therefore not included.Article content
It alleges that as police led Favel to the vehicle after he was handcuffed, he twisted his body and stepped in a way that led them to think he would try to flee, so an officer did a “leg sweep,” taking his legs out from under him.
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