The Toronto chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), which helped organize the Sunday rally in downtown Toronto, said in a statement that an “attendee was brutalized and arrested” at the event.
A previous video shared on social media on the weekend showed an officer kneeling on a 32-year-old man’s neck and head area, although the newly-released video shows a clearer vantage of the arrest.
The PYM also said in a statement that police officers restraining someone this way reflects “violent tactics used by police across the world.”
Toronto police have charged the man who was arrested with assaulting and obstructing a peace officer.
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