Court lifts publication ban on video of 'disturbing' Edmonton police arrest$1:
Beaver testified he pulled out a can of bear spray after spotting an unmarked Edmonton police vehicle that appeared to be following him as he walked to a friend’s house. He said he did not know the SUV was a police vehicle and worried he might be “jumped.” When Olason and another officer exited the vehicle and identified themselves as police, however, Beaver raised his hands, took off his backpack and got on the ground.
Davidson said Beaver did everything “one would expect of a respectful citizen confronted by police officers.”
Instead, the video shows one of the officers kick Beaver in the head, forcing him face-first onto the ground. Adsett arrived a short time later and shocked him with a Taser. On several occasions, the officer who kicked Beaver appears to brace himself against a nearby wall and put both feet on Beaver’s writhing upper half.