Officers cleared in Taser incident

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The province’s law-enforcement oversight agency says two Winnipeg police officers acted reasonably when they used Tasers on a man who suffered injuries.

The man suffered a broken rib and a fractured bone in his face after officers were sent to a parking lot on the 1500 block of Regent Avenue about “a domestic disturbance” early on Aug. 16, 2023.

Both officers used their Tasers on the man after he allegedly threw a full bottle of ginger ale towards them before raising his hands in what police called “a fighting stance,” a report by the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba, released Thursday, noted.

“There is no evidence suggesting that the officers used any other force” on the man, the report stated.