No charges after man, hit with police Taser, breaks leg slipping on ice
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The province’s police oversight agency says no charges are warranted against Winnipeg officers in a December incident in which a man fell on ice and broke his leg after police used a Taser on him.
The Winnipeg Police Service notified the Independent Investigation Unit of the incident on Dec. 20 last year.
City police said officers were called at about 2:40 a.m. on Dec. 19 about an intoxicated man armed with a knife trying to stab someone around the 400 block of Furby Street. Police found him brandishing the weapon and instead of dropping it as told, he walked toward them, the IIU said. An officer then used the Taser.
The man was taken to hospital, where doctors found he had two broken bones in his right leg.
The IIU said Friday no charges would be laid against any police, after conducting a number of interviews with witnesses and the man whose leg was broken.