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Want to see how socialism works at the security level? Guy made $116,000 while sitting at home suspended after knocking a guy out, and of course not reporting it. Can you believe this guy is not even fired after having the interaction secretly recorded? He not only keeps his job, but was given a punishment of paying the victim $100 from his massive salary. Classic socialism. Tax payers pay the freight of the apparatus that are in bed with their pay masters.
No wonder our allies don't trust us...
Toronto cop guilty of assault made Sunshine List while suspended | Toronto Star
Goudie, driving a marked police vehicle, followed him into the parking area near 10 Gordonridge Place, near Danforth and Brimley Rds., then approached Sheikh after he parked his car, the court document states.
Surveillance footage, though low quality and shot from a distance, captured a 33-second discussion between Goudie and Sheikh, who was standing near his car with the driver’s side door open.
Then, Goudie “took hold” of Sheikh and forced him to the ground on a grassy boulevard near the cars, then pinned him with his right knee for 20 seconds and “appeared to search him.”
Goudie got up off of Sheikh, shone his flashlight into the man’s vehicle, then removed a crutch from inside and “tossed it towards” Sheikh. Court heard that Sheikh had pre-existing spinal injuries.
Sheikh “remained prone and motionless on the ground” at this time, according to the documents.
The officer then walked back to his car and drove off. Goudie never reported the stop or arrested Sheikh, although he had reasonable grounds to do so, according to the court documents.
“(Goudie) believed at that time that Mr. Sheikh was conscious,” according to the statement of facts.
Sheikh remained on the ground in the same position for 30 minutes, until a Toronto police car and ambulance arrived in response to an emergency call.
Paramedics found Sheikh on the ground wearing a neck brace, and noticed a strong odour of alcohol and signs of impairment.
The court documents do not explain who made the emergency call, but a document filed with the Toronto Police Services Board agenda last week states police and paramedics were summoned to the scene by a 4:13 a.m. call reporting an officer had assaulted a member of the public. Police and paramedics arrived at 4:34 a.m.
According to the police board document, which summarizes the internal probe that must take place after every SIU investigation, the officers who responded were then directed by a superior to leave and “the incident was abandoned without further investigation or documentation,” the report states.
That superior was later identified as Goudie, according to the police board document.
In an interview Monday, Goudie’s lawyer Gary Clewley vehemently disputed the contents of the Toronto police board document, saying that whoever wrote it “had nothing to do with the investigation.”
“I can tell you this much for sure: officer Goudie did not terminate or interfere with the investigation of this incident. Period.”
Clewley also stressed that the court did not find as fact that Sheikh lost consciousness following the assault.
According to the court document, Sheikh was taken to a hospital, where he refused assessment and voluntarily left before he saw a doctor. The Crown prosecutor was unable to prove Goudie’s use of force caused Sheikh any bodily harm, according to the court document.
Sheikh claimed that he had no memory of the incident. At a medical appointment three days after the incident, Sheikh exhibited no signs of a head injury, the court document states.
Sheikh said he contacted police to complain about the incident only after he was informed about what transpired by the neighbour who witnessed it.
Sheikh’s complaint generated an investigation by the Toronto police Criminal Investigations Bureau. Two weeks later, Toronto Community Housing informed police about the contents of its surveillance footage of the incident, according to the police board document.
The SIU was contacted the following day and took over the investigation. Goudie was suspended the same day.
No wonder our allies don't trust us...
Toronto cop guilty of assault made Sunshine List while suspended | Toronto Star
Goudie, driving a marked police vehicle, followed him into the parking area near 10 Gordonridge Place, near Danforth and Brimley Rds., then approached Sheikh after he parked his car, the court document states.
Surveillance footage, though low quality and shot from a distance, captured a 33-second discussion between Goudie and Sheikh, who was standing near his car with the driver’s side door open.
Then, Goudie “took hold” of Sheikh and forced him to the ground on a grassy boulevard near the cars, then pinned him with his right knee for 20 seconds and “appeared to search him.”
Goudie got up off of Sheikh, shone his flashlight into the man’s vehicle, then removed a crutch from inside and “tossed it towards” Sheikh. Court heard that Sheikh had pre-existing spinal injuries.
Sheikh “remained prone and motionless on the ground” at this time, according to the documents.
The officer then walked back to his car and drove off. Goudie never reported the stop or arrested Sheikh, although he had reasonable grounds to do so, according to the court documents.
“(Goudie) believed at that time that Mr. Sheikh was conscious,” according to the statement of facts.
Sheikh remained on the ground in the same position for 30 minutes, until a Toronto police car and ambulance arrived in response to an emergency call.
Paramedics found Sheikh on the ground wearing a neck brace, and noticed a strong odour of alcohol and signs of impairment.
The court documents do not explain who made the emergency call, but a document filed with the Toronto Police Services Board agenda last week states police and paramedics were summoned to the scene by a 4:13 a.m. call reporting an officer had assaulted a member of the public. Police and paramedics arrived at 4:34 a.m.
According to the police board document, which summarizes the internal probe that must take place after every SIU investigation, the officers who responded were then directed by a superior to leave and “the incident was abandoned without further investigation or documentation,” the report states.
That superior was later identified as Goudie, according to the police board document.
In an interview Monday, Goudie’s lawyer Gary Clewley vehemently disputed the contents of the Toronto police board document, saying that whoever wrote it “had nothing to do with the investigation.”
“I can tell you this much for sure: officer Goudie did not terminate or interfere with the investigation of this incident. Period.”
Clewley also stressed that the court did not find as fact that Sheikh lost consciousness following the assault.
According to the court document, Sheikh was taken to a hospital, where he refused assessment and voluntarily left before he saw a doctor. The Crown prosecutor was unable to prove Goudie’s use of force caused Sheikh any bodily harm, according to the court document.
Sheikh claimed that he had no memory of the incident. At a medical appointment three days after the incident, Sheikh exhibited no signs of a head injury, the court document states.
Sheikh said he contacted police to complain about the incident only after he was informed about what transpired by the neighbour who witnessed it.
Sheikh’s complaint generated an investigation by the Toronto police Criminal Investigations Bureau. Two weeks later, Toronto Community Housing informed police about the contents of its surveillance footage of the incident, according to the police board document.
The SIU was contacted the following day and took over the investigation. Goudie was suspended the same day.
