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RSS FeedsSupporters of woman with Down syndrome pack hearing with police officers caught mocking her
(The Star Theatre)

 
 

15 august 2017 18:30:12

 
Supporters of woman with Down syndrome pack hearing with police officers caught mocking her
(The Star Theatre)
 


Staring straight ahead, never once looking back at the woman they were caught mocking or her phalanx of supporters, the two Toronto police officers accused of professional misconduct for spouting insults captured on their own cruiser’s dash camera appeared before a disciplinary hearing Tuesday.Const. Sasa Sljivo and Const. Matthew Saris are charged under the Police Services Act in connection to an incident where they called Francie Munoz, a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome, a half woman and a “little disfigured” in comments to each during a traffic stop.Their words and laughter were discovered after Francie’s mother, Pamela Munoz, fought an alleged traffic violation and subsequently obtained dash cam video from the traffic stop. The audio also recorded Sljivo and Saris refer to her daughter as “different.”The towering officers, both dressed in dark blue suits, made their first brief appearance before the police disciplinary tribunal, which was packed with Munoz’ family and friends, including some with Down syndrome and their relatives.The officers quickly left the hearing room after the minutes-long appearance, averting their eyes.“I looked at them,” Francie Munoz said afterwards. “They did not look at me.”In an unusual move, the allegations against the officers — including the details of alleged misconduct — were not read out during the hearing, a staple of any first appearance before the tribunal. Neither Toronto police nor the officers’ lawyer, Gary Clewly, immediately responded to questions about why the charges were not provided at the hearing.Neither officer entered a plea.Last month, Sljivo and Saris sent a letter to the family apologizing for their “inexcusable remarks” and taking full responsibility.Soon after the incident came to light, Toronto police chief Mark Saunders addressed the officers’ comments, telling CP24 that they were ...


 
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