A Toronto man testified he was given no warning before he was beaten and arrested by police while taking photographs of mounted officers at a G20 protest three years ago.
A Toronto man testified he was given no warning before he was beaten and arrested by police while taking photographs of mounted officers at Queen’s Park at a G20 demonstration three years ago.
“As I was taking pictures, I was hit with a very significant impact on my right side,” Dorian Barton said Monday at the opening of the assault trial of Toronto police Const. Glenn Weddell — the first criminal trial of any officer charged in controversial policing of the 2010 Toronto G20 summit.
Weddell has pleaded not guilty to assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
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