I'M NOT BUYING WHAT THE WATERLOO REGION POLICE ARE SELLING

So we are to believe that a particular WRPS officer is a malicious bully but that he is not racist into the bargain. Sure I'm just peachy with that although the behaviour that he has been found guilty of namely excessive force and wrongful arrest should be a firing offence many times over. Oh but wait these weren't criminal charges. They were charges at a misconduct hearing held under the Police Services Act. What a lucky break for Officer Foster. So if I were to decide to physically attack one of my neighbours, knock them to the ground, restrain them and keep them restrained for close to an hour I sure hope that I could avoid criminal charges. Like police officers can. Oh my gosh "...he could be demoted for his actions.". Demoted not sentenced to jail as you or I would be for doing even less harm. ....................................................................................................................... The victim was a Black 44 year old woman and mother whose offence was driving her son to his job very early in the morning. She dropped him off at work and returned to her home where after parking her car in her driveway and while attempting to enter her home she was accosted by the police officer. He started barking orders including demands for identification while she stood on her front porch in her pajamas and while he had computer access in his cruiser to confirm that the car was registered to that address. She also had no connection whatsoever to a male suspect that police were investigating. She had not committed any crimes or offences but did resist unlawful and unreasonable demands from the officer. He then attacked her and restrained her. ................................................................................................................ The officer then after she was released issued her four traffic tickets for refusing to show identification and permits. Prosecuters wisely later withdrew those tickets. The hearing adjudicator stated that "There is an air of maliciousness with respect to the tickets". Duh do you think? As has often happened in blatant police misconduct towards citizens, the Waterloo Regional Police Service were sucessfully sued over the unlawful arrest and detention and the taxpayers again picked up the tab. Par for the course. As to whether the police officer is biased as in would he have attacked a white woman in the same circumstances, I think that his overall nasty, white police entitled behaviour says that is unlikely. He may be a very bad police officer but that doesn't mean that like all bullies he doesn't carefully pick and choose his victims. This time he picked the wrong one. ............................................................................................................................................ Today's Waterloo Region Record carries this story titled "White police officer cleared of racial bias".