What The Hell Is Wrong With Cops – Police Push Disabled Woman To The Ground Then Walk Off

What The Hell Is Wrong With Cops – Police Push Disabled Woman To The Ground Then Walk Off

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[Justine Ma - Commentator]
Welcome to Vancouver Late Night! I’m Justine Ma. A disabled woman says Vancouver Police need to treat people with more respect. That’s after a surveillance camera caught an officer shoving her to the ground. Now [Reporter] spoke to her tonight.

[Reporter]
The images are disturbing. The very people that are in charge of Public Safety are caught on tape pushing a woman to the ground. Tonight the victim is speaking out. Sandy has cerebral palsy and walks with a limp. She says she was just heading home when she encountered the officers.

[Sandy]
I asked: “Excuse me please, and um, they, I had to, I told them three times I have a disability.

[Reporter]
She couldn’t believe what happened next!

[Sandy]
I reached my hand up, because I was trying to get through one person, one of the middle and the third guy. But the, the tall guy, ah, pushed me down.

[Reporter]
As Sandy lay on the ground confused about what happened. She says the officers did nothing to help.

[Sandy]
Walked away, they were already down the block.

[Reporter]
Now, Vancouver Police are now looking into the incident.

[Constable Jana McGuinness]
The reason the officer took that action and why no duty of care was delivered to the woman is now under investigation.

[Reporter]
Advocacy groups for Vancouver’s downtown Eastside say, they are shocked. But not surprised.

[Tami Starlight (Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council]
I guess, its barely a minute long video clip of what goes on down here and this happens all the time.

[Wendy Pedersen (Carnegie Community Action Project]
I was horrified! But not surprised cause I’ve seen it before! I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

[Reporter]
Sandy says her illness makes it difficult for her to walk, and she does fall sometimes but this fall here was at the hands of the Vancouver Police.

[Sandy]
Police wrote me an apology letter, but still, um, there’s no right to, to do that.

[Reporter]
The office of the Police Complaints Committee is now investigating. The officer involved has not been suspended, he’s still on full duty pending the outcome of that investigation which could take up to six months. Justine.

[Justine Ma - Commentator]
Thanks (reporter name?), reporting from Vancouver.

What The Hell Is Wrong With Cops – Police Push Disabled Woman To The Ground Then Walk Off. Sandy says her illness makes it difficult for her to walk, and she does fall sometimes but this fall here was at the hands of the Vancouver Police. Complete Full Script, Dialogue, Remarks, Saying, Quotes, Words And Text.