“You Think You Can Do Whatever You Want Just Because You’re In A Chair?" - Watch Montreal Police Bully, Harass Man In Wheelchair

                  


Story out of Montreal, Quebec:

A video showing Montreal police allegedly harassing a man in a wheelchair as he crossed the street is making the rounds of social media.

The video was posted on Facebook by user Kate Albisi, who explained she and a colleague were out for a coffee break around 11:30 a.m. when they noticed the man, who appeared to be in his 50s, attempt to cross the street at the corner of McGill College and Sherbrooke Street.

“As he neared the middle of the road, the light changed, forcing him to either continue crossing or go back,” she explained.

A Montreal police officer, whom Albisi identifies as “Officer L’Heureux” reportedly confronted him for being in the middle of the intersection.

“[He] began (aggressively) pushing him,” she wrote.

“L’Heureux’s colleague stepped in and pushed the man’s chair onto the sidewalk,” Albisi elaborated.

“Once on the sidewalk, L’Heureux said to the man in the wheelchair: “You think you can do whatever you want just because you’re in a chair? Yeah? I’m going to give you a f—ing ticket. You asked for it.”

The man reportedly did not have a piece of ID on him, prompting the officer to search the man’s bag “without permission and removed a prescription medication bottle to get his name.”

Montreal police said they are aware of the video, but that there are “two sides to every story.” Cont. (Video)

Story from - Global News