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A mother in Winnipeg says a confrontation with police has left her and her family shaken.

Charity Tom, who is Sayisi Dene, says on May 21 at around 4:00 a.m., she awoke to the sound of banging on her door. It was the Winnipeg police.

An officer told her they received a call about an unsupervised child roaming outside. Tom told officers they had the wrong house and that her children were sleeping inside.

Tom said a few minutes later, police officers knocked again and then entered the house.

Now multiple police are entering the house. One is struggling with Tom.

Charity: What’s the badge number?

Police: Get up. What’s your name?

Charity: Charity

Police: You wanna get the cuffs?

Charity: No, I just told you

Police: So then stop acting like a c*nt

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Serious question: can police in Canada just barge into a house without a warrant?

Also, what would possibly be a problem with a kid playing outside?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The call was (supposedly) about an unattended two-year-old outside at 4 am. I don't think that's the questionable part of this story.

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