Ontario Provincial Police use of Taser twice on Black man while he was running away was 'racially motivated,' judge rules
A Taser was used twice on Cassell Chase in Delhi, Ont., after four Norfolk County officers were called in July 2021 to investigate someone who appeared to be lurking between houses just before midnight. A judge ruled in May that Chase's charter rights were violated, a decision that's prompted an OPP internal investigation.
"There is simply no question that the police misconduct in this case must be resoundingly denounced," she wrote before essentially dismissing all charges against Chase, including obstructing police, escaping custody, assaulting police and failing to comply with probation. In dismissing charges the OPP brought against Chase, Justice A.D. Hilliard wrote: 'There is simply no question that the police misconduct in this case must be resoundingly denounced.'
Two more officers arrived at the scene. At this point, the man began to run. All four officers gave chase — three on foot, one in a car.Hilliard's decision said Fody ran along a footpath, where he eventually crossed paths with the fleeing man, who had jumped a fence. Fody told the man to stop running, and when he didn't, Fody used his Taser, followed by a second use of the electroshock weapon — an act Hilliard called "excessive use of force.
"Upon being questioned about his choice of words in cross-examination, PC Fody became defensive stating, that he didn't know whether it was 'OK' for him to use the word 'Black' to describe Mr. Chase's race," the judge wrote. Chase wasn't without guilt, according to the judge. The day after his arrest, court documents said he punched a police officer, who was identified only as "Special Constable Ricker" in the court documents.
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