Edmonton Transit Service officials are investigating whether two transit peace officers breached the city’s code of conduct or broke the law while detaining a 15-year-old boy.
The boy’s father told Postmedia he believes his son, who is black, was a victim of racial profiling and excessive force. Postmedia is not identifying the youth because he is a minor.
Batul Gulamhusein, with Progress Alberta, a non-profit that advocates for the youth, said the teen was waiting for a bus with friends at the Belvedere Transit Centre when a transit peace officer accused him of loitering and told him to leave.
Video taken of the incident shows two uniformed officers pushing the boy against a guardrail along a window before bringing him to the ground and handcuffing him. The boy was later ticketed for $250 for loitering.
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