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Police actions questioned in prisoner’s death ASIRT investigating. Witness says man was handcuffed before Edmonton police used Taser
Questions are being raised by a witness on how Edmonton police acted when they Tasered a prisoner who later died in hospital. Fellow inmate Mitch Cutknife told reporters Thursday that Jeff Oatway was handcuffed and restrained on the floor when police zapped him at their downtown Edmonton headquarters on April 11.
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detainee-management unit. They said he became violent in an office, turned over desks and smashed computers. About a dozen officers were called in to help. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is reviewing circumstances leading up to the death. ASIRT’s executive director, Clif Purvis, said investigators have secured surveillance videotapes from the cells area and are interviewing witnesses. “We will take all the steps to make sure that we accurately figure out what happened and when it happened,” he said. the canadian press
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Cutknife admitted he did not actually see police fire the electronic stun gun, but believes officers had no reason to use it in the first place. “He wasn’t harming anybody while he was handcuffed,” said Cutknife, 30, who is from Hobbema. “That wasn’t right.” Oatway, 34, was in a coma on life support and died two days later. Cutknife said he decided to go public when he found out about the death. He also filed a complaint of excessive force with the police chief. Police have said Oatway had to be Tasered during a struggle with officers in a
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