Police shoving woman on video raises questions
Last Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010 | 8:38 AM PT
CBC News
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is demanding an explanation from the Vancouver Police Department after a surveillance video showed an officer pushing a disabled woman to the ground.
The video was taken at the beginning of the month on the sidewalk on Hastings Street, near the crowded United We Can recycling centre.
The woman, who has cerebral palsy, appears to brush an officer who is walking with two others.
The officer shoves the woman to the ground and the three stand over her before walking away, leaving her lying on the ground.