Cop says woman provoked head stun
EDMONTON SUN
An Edmonton police officer says he used reasonable force when he struck a handcuffed woman who was intoxicated and unruly during a near riot following a 2006 NHL playoff game.
Const. Shane Connor, 28, faces charges of discreditable conduct for striking Kristen Wilson on the night of June 17 and for swearing at her.
Connor told a disciplinary hearing that officers feared for their safety as thousands of people spilled out of bars along the city’s trendy bar strip each night after Edmonton Oilers games.
He says Wilson, who was one of 400 people arrested that night, continually swore at officers as she was escorted to a police bus.
Connor says he hit Wilson with what police call a head stun when she broke away from his grasp. Wilson fell to the ground after she was hit, cutting her face on the pavement.