Allegations of racism and wrongdoing are at the heart of a $14 million lawsuit filed against Peel Regional Police by a former CFL linebacker.
Orlando Bowen, 30, says he was cuffed, beaten and then framed by two Peel police officers in a Mar. 26, 2004 incident that left him with a concussion, a gash on his head and blackened eyes.
“They fabricated evidence, drugs were planted at the scene, and my life was sent into … a downward spiral,” Bowen said Thursday.
The alleged incident happened late at night as Bowen pulled into the parking lot of a Mississauga restaurant. The former Toronto Argonaut was there to meet family and friends. Instead, he was approached by police who – according to Bowen – accused him of concealing drugs.
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1 nationalistrus // Mar 24, 2006 at 8:24 am
Whenever a black gets pulled over by cops they cry racism like a baby. I have been stopped twice in the last few weeks-can I claim racism? (I am white).
2 wizzer // Mar 27, 2006 at 4:00 am
bring in the violoins. My heart is breaking for the poor woo-begotten visible minority type. If ya go back to Africa, maybe you wouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb!
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