No charges against RCMP officer for kneeing man in groin in 2019, Manitoba's police watchdog says

No charges will be laid against an RCMP officer who kneed a man in custody in the groin, causing him to lose a testicle, Manitoba's police watchdog says.

The Manitoba Prosecutions Branch looked into the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba's file and determined no charge should be laid because the chance of conviction is so low, the IIU said in a final report released on Monday.

Fisher Branch RCMP had responded on Nov. 23, 2019, to a fight at the Percy Moore Hospital in the Interlake region where a man was fighting with his girlfriend, the report said.

When police got there the man had driven away while drunk.

After police arrested the man for impaired driving and assault, the man was aggressive all the way to the RCMP detachment.

The man, who was in custody, told police he wanted privacy to use the washroom, but officers said he had to be monitored, at which point he pushed an officer, the report says.

When the man was told he would be charged with assaulting a police officer, and didn't follow an order to lie down on the ground, an officer pushed him into the corner of the cell and reportedly kneed him once in the groin.

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