Vancouver officer cleared by watchdog after man’s leg is broken during confrontation
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SURREY — British Columbia’s police watchdog says a Vancouver officer will not face charges after a struggle with an intoxicated man resulted in a severely broken leg.
The Independent Investigations Office says in a report released Friday that it happened on Jan. 25, when a man who admitting to drinking 10 beers began harassing and making sexual comments toward a female officer on a city street.
The report says a male officer intervened when he saw the man draw back a fist and the suspect was taken to the ground, resulting in multiple fractures of his leg, including one where a bone pierced through the skin of his calf.
The report says the man told medical staff that his leg had been stepped on while on the ground, but he told investigators that officers had kicked him, making him fall to the ground.
