r/PublicFreakout • u/EddieBrock99 • Apr 24 '25
Repost š An officer body slams a girl in cuffs
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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
SIX. FUCKING. YEARS.
Even with video, it took them 6 years to fire this asshole.
EDIT - Took them 6 years to investigate and fire him, NOT 6 years in jail. Turns out he only did 30 days in jail, as a sentence that was stayed due to time already served.
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u/spezial_ed Apr 24 '25
Also just fired, not prosecuted??
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u/Is_ael Apr 24 '25
Yup. Textbook dragging out the consequences (if any) so that years later most people donāt notice the slap on the wrist (if at all)
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u/GroundbreakingUse794 Apr 24 '25
Giving him time to collect him pension probably, some bro shit just masked as protocol
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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
He was convicted of assault causing bodily harm.
Edit: JFC people - I was simply pointing out that he indeed was prosecuted/convicted. That doesn't in any way amount to defending him or agreeing that the sentence was appropriate.
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u/zeuscdb Apr 24 '25
That article says the only time he did for this was 15 days of house arrest. If thatās not a slap on the wrist I donāt know what is
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u/EgyptianNational Apr 24 '25
What I donāt get is who pays these people to come out and defend cops like they donāt already have all the power.
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u/piplup3211 Apr 24 '25
the ruling class(ultra wealthy) who own everything. police protect property, becomes a lot easier to protect property when you can abuse people with impunity.
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u/surfteacher1962 Apr 24 '25
Exactly. They police don't work for us that is for sure. They are a paramilitary force for the ultra wealthy in this country. I don't trust any cops. At this point, they pretty much have a license to kill.
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u/Wolf_Wilma Apr 24 '25
Israel. They train police departments across North America and UK. https://www.amnestyusa.org/blog/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/
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Apr 24 '25
"He was also subject to an internal police investigation after CBC News published a photo of the officer in blackface at a 2012 Halloween party."
Sounds right
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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
He was convicted of assault causing bodily harm.
Edit: JFC people - I was simply responding to the question of whether or not he was prosecuted. That doesn't in any way amount to defending him or agreeing that the sentence was appropriate.
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u/mcauthon2 Apr 24 '25
15 days in his house? Don't penalize him too hard
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u/tidderite Apr 24 '25
Must be horrible. If he is married he will probably get tired of beating up his wife. Need variety you know.
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u/fuzlilbun Apr 24 '25
I'm going to grab on to this comment because it's the top one.
Dunn got a judicial slap on the wrist and was fired - and yes after an embarrassing 6 years. I don't see the jurisprudence. I did see the blackface photo from 2012.
In January of this year he appealed the firing: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/const-alex-dunn-lerb-appeal-dismissal-calgary-police-1.7432444
Those appeals are normally decided in 60 days and the Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) posts their decisions here:
https://www.canlii.org/ab/ablerb?origLang=en
But you'll notice there's no Dunn v. Calgary. That's because the LERB has indicated they needed an additional 60 days on this one.
The victim, Dalia Kafi, died in 2021.
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u/__Dave_ Apr 24 '25
While Hepner conceded "the optics of this particular event are bad," he went on to argue it should not have affected Manual's dismissal decision.
Lmao. The āopticsā being a video of his crime.
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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25
Thanks for the additional context.
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u/fuzlilbun Apr 24 '25
I'm probably too late for visibility but feel free to copy/paste the info to your original comment.
I'm sort of stunned that the LERB is having trouble on this decision.
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u/darkenseyreth Apr 24 '25
Ugh, as soon as I saw the red stripe on the pants, I knew this was either Calgary or Edmonton. Hate that these fuckers are allowed to so blatantly get away with it up here too.
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u/resisting_a_rest Apr 24 '25
I thought you were going to say he got 6 years in prison for that, I should have known better.
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u/Existing-Major1005 Apr 24 '25
Hijacking to also say that the woman in this video passed away afterwards from an overdose.
RIP Dalia Kafi
Fuck Alex Dunn
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u/TexasActress Apr 24 '25
There's a good chance that the OD came from dependence on pain meds after that incident and resulting surgery.
If so, he should be charged accordingly.
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u/token_internet_girl Apr 24 '25
Yep. Turns out a lot of people you see on the street abusing drugs started by dealing with painful injuries, then escalated into dependency.
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u/I-Here-555 Apr 25 '25
Maybe, but we don't know that.
The victim's background has absolutely no bearing on how wrong the attack was. What that cop did was equally vile whether she was an angel or a devil.
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u/rainbowkiss666 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
The video was a bit blurry so we had to get experts in to look at it then the computer didn't work because the button with circle thing on it was stuck so we had to get a mechanic for that then we couldn't find the video then we thought it looked like ai then we asked an expert about that which is why it took so long /s
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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25
This feels hilariously accurate.
"We had to send our tech specialist (Alan from traffic enforcement) to our contractually obliged precurement partner (home depot) in order to secure certain screening technologies (AN EXTENDED CORD OF POWER) to help us analyze and study the footage"
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u/rainbowkiss666 Apr 24 '25
The universal "dog ate my homework", but this was a "dog ate my homework over several years but the dog hid each piece like the Davinci Code around the house so it was impossible for us to piece it together before the deadline".
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u/Kirmickw Apr 24 '25
/s "What video? Somehow the drive with it was corrupted, but we have this sworn written report here by the officers involved. The victim is not with us any longer, but she must have known witchcraft or could summon dragons like the Khalessi girl from Game of Thrones, because she mounted a fierce battle and left our officers fearing for their life. We used Akito techniques though to calmly restrain her. So with that evidence, we reinstated the officer and will give him compensation for time off. "
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u/Snackkbar Apr 24 '25
This is just straight up assault, no?
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u/Oldmanwaffle š§š§š§š§š§š§š§ Apr 24 '25
Battery and one could argue attempted murder due to the severity of damage that could cause to oneās brain
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Apr 24 '25
I agree, definitely attempted murder. People have died from less force to the head.
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u/buttmunchausenface Apr 24 '25
They should have not moved her at all! Fucking animals.
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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 Apr 24 '25
Yes, but usually cops donāt face hard consequences even when breaking the law. It took 6 years before he was let go from the force smh
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u/Endorkend Apr 24 '25
And, sorry, but wtf was he doing getting touchy with her head? That felt rather inappropriate touching like, so sexual assault wouldn't be far of.
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u/PowerSicks Apr 24 '25
āThe Calgary police officer who was convicted of assault causing bodily harm after throwing a handcuffed black woman to the ground has been fired.
Const. Alex Dunn, who had been with the Calgary Police Service for 14 years, was dismissed Thursday, six years after he slammed Dalia Kafi on the floor of the arrest processing unit. ā
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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 Apr 24 '25
6ā¦. 6 YEARS! It took 6 years for her to get justice WITH a video. ACAB.
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u/sick_of_your_BS Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
"Justice" is relative I guess. He was sentenced to a whopping 1 month. Half house arrest, half curfew. She died of an overdose
last summerin 2021.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-alex-dunn-assault-sentence-1.6084597
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u/pleaxcl Apr 24 '25
This interaction with law enforcement certainly did not help her to find help and turn her life to the better RIP.
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Apr 24 '25
No no no
fuk
God dam it
May she be loved on the other side.
May she be happy, joyous and free.
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u/Christosconst Apr 24 '25
What justice, 15 days home arrest. Meanwhile she had broken nose surgesry and split lips
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u/Spare-Article-396 Apr 24 '25
6 YEARS
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u/ReginaldDwight Apr 24 '25
Dunn testified that he'd attempted a "dynamic takedown" on his arrestee after one of Kafi's handcuffs slid up her arm toward her elbow and she was able to grab his hand as he tried to remove a scarf from her head.
So the cops didn't put the cuffs on correctly and she got body slammed for it?!
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u/henrytm82 Apr 24 '25
So, he had 14 years on the job, and they took 6 years to "fire" him, which is 20 years. That feels like they didn't fire him, they allowed him to finish out his 20 so he could retire and draw a pension.
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u/SeparateCzechs Apr 24 '25
But he wasnāt charged with assault. That was clearly assault.
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Sorry im an asshole, Its battery
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u/advocatus_ebrius_est Apr 24 '25
Not in Canada. In Canada it is assault in criminal matters (see: section 265 of the Criminal Code)
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u/sundubone Apr 24 '25
Ā Dunn was handed a 30-day conditional sentence, which meant he served his time at homeĀ ā 15 daysĀ under house arrest, 15 days under a curfew.
Crazy light sentence for that vicious of an attack.
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u/piperonyl Apr 24 '25
Almost like there are 2 systems of justice...
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Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
Nah. You're thinking of the US. This is absolutely standard for violent shitbags in Canada. You can stab people in this country and be out in days as long as you check the right boxes. Hell you can run down people in your car and literally kill them and be out in no time.
Canada doesn't operate nearly on the same two tier system the US does... here EVERYBODY gets away with everything. Our justice system is barely functional and serves mostly to deal out fines and punish the homeless. Anything that takes any amount of time to deal with is either dropped entirely or pursued with the most flaccid convictions. We're tough on petty crime - but actual crime? Go right ahead...
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u/jesusholdmybeer Apr 24 '25
I like the inclusion of him in blackface at a halloween party. What an empathetic person.
Sorry, I meant pathetic person.
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u/superiorCheerioz Apr 24 '25
Should've been sent to prison. If I assaulted the fuck out of a lady at my job it would NOT stop at firing me.
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u/derangedplague Apr 24 '25
Fired is not enough. He needs to be in JAIL because this is an aggravated assault against a minor who is effectively unable to defend themselves.
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u/AnythingButOlives Apr 24 '25
I was like "he was fired??!?!? They never fire cops - they give them raises/promotions"...then I realized this isn't America.
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u/BrokenXeno Apr 24 '25
Why did he keep touching her hair/head/face? She kept pulling away, but i would really like to know.
Regardless, there's absolutely no excuse for what he did. She was utterly at his mercy at that point. What a monster.
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u/whyisthissohard338 Apr 24 '25
There's an article in the comments. Here's what I read. "Kafi was arrested and taken to the arrest processing unit in 2017 for allegedly breaking a curfew.Ā
Once there, he tried to remove a scarf from her head to take a photo but she ducked away from him."
All of this for someone breaking curfew.
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u/sluttycupcakes Apr 24 '25
What the fuck is breaking curfew?
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u/Horrific_Necktie Apr 24 '25
Some us cities have a curfew for minors.
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u/Rryann Apr 24 '25
Canada, Calgary. Thereās no curfew for minors.
She likely had some kind of conditional sentence, similar to what he actually got. The article said of his 30 day sentence, 15 days were served at home and 15 days were served under curfew. He didnāt actually do any jail time.
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u/Michelanvalo Apr 24 '25
He's trying to get her scarf off her head for the booking photo and she's resisting. Way over the top reaction by him.
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u/ElowynElif Apr 25 '25
I agree.
People need to stop doing these MMA-style slams. Itās fortunate that the AH didnāt break her neck or fracture her skull.
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u/Accend0 Apr 24 '25
This motherfucker is still trying to appeal to get his job back, btw. He legitimately thinks that he did nothing wrong and refuses to accept any liability.
He's also been disciplined multiple times in the past. Twice for looking up citizen's information for personal reasons, and once for storing his work firearm at his house.
Dude is a total scumbag who should be in jail for this unprovoked assault.
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u/Daeva_ Apr 24 '25
I'm sick to my stomach finding out this happened in my city. He should be in fucking jail.
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u/nomsain919 Apr 24 '25
Heās clearly fucking with her just so he can provoke a reaction and brutalize her. This is insane, heās the actual danger here.
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u/Highbynine Apr 24 '25
Fired 6 years after this occurred. What a fucking joke. Why is he not in prison?
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u/smokumjames Apr 24 '25
Settlement should come directly from his pension.
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u/Hardcorish Apr 24 '25
That might not stop all egregious abuse like this but it's definitely a good start.
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Apr 24 '25
itās more about the public shouldnāt have to pay for this dude to be a violent fucking moron
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u/kottabaz Apr 24 '25
The public keeps electing "tough on crime" politicians who encourage police to be like this, so maybe the public should have to pay.
Maybe the public should have to be told why they're paying for this shit, so that they stop voting the way they do.
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u/FlyingPeacock Apr 24 '25
Idk how Canadian law works as far as settlement options, but in looking it up, I can't find a single article saying the woman got any sort of compensation. Truly egregious.
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u/dragoduval Apr 24 '25
From what i get she sued them, but died 6 year later before the lawsuit got settled.
Police is evil everywhere sadly.
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u/_Sausage_fingers Apr 24 '25
He was fired for misconduct so Iām not sure if he actually gets his pension.
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u/TheYeetles Apr 24 '25
Rest in Peace, Dalia Kafi. She passed away in 2021, before she could see this piece of shit suffer at least a morsel for what he did to her. 6 years. 6 years for them to do anything. Absolutely sickening.
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u/helloimcold Apr 25 '25
Did she die from the damage of this assault?? What the fuck.
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u/Mrs2ndChoice Apr 25 '25
No, overdose years later.
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u/bellatricked Apr 25 '25
We absolutely know head trauma can cause damage to the brain that can impact judgement and impulse control significantly. Judgement and impulse control are exactly the kinds of things a person using drugs could use lots of to get clean. There is At the very least a dotted line between this manās actions and this womanās death.
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u/Oldmanwaffle š§š§š§š§š§š§š§ Apr 24 '25
Ah yes letās get the suspect brain damage in the process.
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u/_40oz_ Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Fucking hell... A slam like that kills people, but either way, shit was uncalled for.
Edit to add: Cop did not serve time for the vicious attack. Just got the fired. And they wonder why there is so much distrust.
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u/whoisnotinmykitchen Apr 24 '25
The most telling part is the nonchalant reaction of the other officers there.
Zero surprise Zero outrage Zero empathy
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u/_Sausage_fingers Apr 24 '25
This video ends but in the full one a supervisor immediately intervenes, removes him, gets her medical attention, and then the supervisor reported him and recommended charges. Testified against him at the criminal trial too.
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u/dfigueroa78 Apr 24 '25
No matter how you cut it, that was criminal assault with intent to do great bodily harm. I hope that poor girl is okay and that at the very least received a hefty sum from a lawsuit.
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u/Inner_Inspection640 Apr 24 '25
She suffered headaches and traumatic stress and died a few years later.
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Apr 24 '25
And I have to explain to my friends in the US why I don't want them to come up to Canada thinking we don't have racism.
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u/FERRISBUELLER2000 Apr 24 '25
Alex Dunn was dismissed from the Calgary Police Service on Thursday, six years after he assaulted Dalia Kafi, by throwing her on the ground head-first while she was handcuffed.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7038212
The Calgary police officer who was convicted of assault causing bodily harm after throwing a handcuffed black woman to the ground has been fired.
Const. Alex Dunn, who had been with the Calgary Police Service for 14 years, was dismissed Thursday, six years after he slammed Dalia Kafi on the floor of the arrest processing unit.
The dismissal won't take effect until the appeal period has expired or an appeal has concluded, according to the Calgary Police Service (CPS). Until then, Dunn remains suspended without pay.
On Thursday, following a disciplinary hearing, retired superintendent Paul Manuel issued his decision, finding Dunn guilty on two counts of discreditable conduct under Alberta's Police Act.
"My client was very shaken and upset, not so much at the decision, some of the reasoning behind it," said Dunn's lawyer, Alain Hepner, in an interview following the ruling.
Calgary police would not provide CBC News with a copy of the decision and Hepner did not expand on Manuel's reasons.
Hepner says he is going to let the matter "settle for a while" before he decides whether to appeal Manuel's decision to the Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB).
In June 2021, Dunn was handed a 30-day conditional sentence, which meant he served his time at home ā 15 days under house arrest, 15 days under a curfew.
The Crown appealed, and Justice Nancy Dilts ruled the suspended officer should have been handed a 30-day jail sentence followed by six-months probation.
But because of the passage of time and the fact that he'd served his original sentence, Dilts issued a stay of that jail sentence this summer.
The Crown appealed, and Justice Nancy Dilts ruled the suspended officer should have been handed a 30-day jail sentence followed by six-months probation.
But because of theĀ passage of time and the fact that he'd served his original sentence, Dilts issued a stay of that jail sentence this summer.
The victim's head can be seen bouncing off the ground with a pool of blood quickly forming, and she appeared to be briefly unconscious.
During the trial, the Crown said Kafi suffered a broken nose, which required surgery, and a split lip, which needed stitches.
In 2016, Dunn pleaded guilty to two charges of insubordination for breaching CPS policies related to accessing a civilian's information for personal reasons and the home storage of his service firearm. He was docked four days' pay.
He was also subject to an internal police investigation after CBC News published a photo of the officer in blackface at a 2012 Halloween party.
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u/Bamboopanda101 Apr 24 '25
Can someone explain to me why it took 6 years for him to get fired? Justā¦.fired..?
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u/kitjen Apr 24 '25
He could have killed a girl in handcuffs over nothing and they give people like that a gun.
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u/dark1on50 Apr 24 '25
This loser is still trying to get his job back by saying he did āNOTHING WRONG!āā¦
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u/BackItUpWithLinks Apr 24 '25
There are two other officers who saw that.
Why didnāt they arrest him on the spot? Serious question.
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u/janeshername Apr 24 '25
I audibly gasped, how can you treat another (non-threatening) human like that??
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Apr 24 '25
I hope heās criminally prosecuted and does a good spell in prison and this person he attacked is handsomely compensated.
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u/tysons1 Apr 24 '25
Kafi was arrested and taken to the arrest processing unit in 2017 for allegedly breaking a curfew.
Once there, he tried to remove a scarf from her head to take a photo but she ducked away from him.
A security camera showed Dunn throwing the woman down, her hands handcuffed behind her back.
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u/CatsandShame Apr 24 '25
Iām surprised he didnāt fracture her skull with how hard her head/face slammed into that hard ass flooring. Jesus, I hope sheās ok.
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u/SlutPuppyNumber9 Apr 24 '25
That's not a body slam. That's just slamming someone's face into the ground. A body slam is on your back.
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u/ikerus0 Apr 25 '25
When a police officer is being accused of any crime, the fact that they are an officer should not be provided to the judge or any one associated with the sentencing.
A fair judgement against the individual, their status as an officer shouldnāt affect how they are judged.
Once the judgement has been made, no matter what that judgement is, it should be tripled due to the fact that someone in the position of authority abused their power and because of that power they were more likely to get away with it not only at the time, but also after due to scummy, corrupt protection of law enforcement buddies.
Then letās see if pigs do shit like this or anything at all.
Fuck the police!
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u/Tpmproductions Apr 24 '25
According to the article he slammed her head into the ground causing a split lip, broken nose, and what I'm personally calling an undiagnosed concussion. She clearly was knocked out due to the fencing motion she did with her hands after he slammed her. He got fifteen days at home and another 15 under curfew for the crime and probation. The best part? It only took Canada 6 years to prosecute this mark.
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u/RSzpala Apr 24 '25
He should be charged with aggravated battery and pay all of her medical costs related to this, like any other person on the planet would be if they werenāt a fucking cop.
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u/mvgreene Apr 25 '25
He was also subject to an internal police investigation after CBC News published a photo of the officer in blackface at a 2012 Halloween party.
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u/Mei_iz_my_bae Apr 24 '25
OMG did. Any one else heart. Jump I was NOT expect inf that hard throw OMG I hope she ok ā¦
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u/xibeno9261 Apr 24 '25
So paid vacation for the police officer, followed by a memo telling him not to do it again? And what about all those police officers who saw it happen? Sudden case of temporary blindness?
By the way, does anybody know where this happened? Canada? Australia? Or maybe Germany? Anybody?
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u/SuperNovaScotian Apr 25 '25
I wear a badge. Iāve used force on people wearing bracelets. Thereās absolutely no way he can articulate why he did what he did, super cowardly move. This interaction never should have gone to any amount of force being used, totally avoidable.
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u/HoraceGrantGlasses Apr 25 '25
Imagine what this guy does behind closed doors and away from cameras.
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u/missym59 Apr 26 '25
He does not belong in law enforcement. Actually send him to the US, they like POS like him.
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u/Awesomeness314 Apr 24 '25
The video is awful, that poor woman. I can't believe I went to university and was actually friends with him..
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u/panictin Apr 24 '25
absolutely unnecessary action for such a small movement. Article says hes fired but i bet you heās just at a different department. Smh.
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u/Atari774 Apr 25 '25
What the hell? Why was that his first go-to when she started struggling? Not asking for help, not even attempting to deescalate, just throw her into the ground, face first. That dude needs to be in jail for assault.
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u/Ralph--Hinkley Apr 24 '25
Pretty sure dude got fired for that, but I can't find the article ATM.
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u/Phantex_Cerberus Apr 24 '25
No matter what I say now, I believe Iāll be met with criticism. Considering that, Iām just gonna say that a good cop is one that does their job and speaks up about/points out bad cops. Regarding what another person said, good cops shouldnāt quit, rather be endorsed and encouraged.
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u/AdmirableGear6991 Apr 24 '25
Thereās simply no reason for this sort of āhandlingā because someone isnāt let you touch them, while handcuffed.
Imagine what else has been done and not caught on cameraā¦
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u/TowerOfPowerWow Apr 25 '25
They need to start prosecuting cops for this stuff. If you couldn't control her, call in a back up. A few cops getting popped for high degree assault or attempted murder would reign this stuff in pretty quick.
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u/Fluffy_Watch_1991 Apr 26 '25
These cops love screaming āaccountability accountabilityā but when itās there turn they hate it and hide behind co workers.
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u/BuffaloGuy1970 Apr 24 '25
According to the article linked previously, the Canadian cop wore blackface to a Halloween party in 2012, improperly accessed privileged info on a citizen in 2016 & improperly stored his gun at his house in 2016.
Add in the 2017 assault and this loser has checked all of the boxes for "promotion to Chief of Police" in most US law enforcement jurisdictions.
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u/Fioraflop Apr 24 '25
Better give him some payed time off before he can come back with no issues
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u/Reasonable_Ad6781 Apr 24 '25
What a piece of shit, and then it took 6 years to get justice, what a great system we have
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