Calgary police officer convicted of aggravated assault

Calgary police officer Const. Trevor Lindsay has been convicted of aggravated assault connected to a violent arrest in 2015 that saw a handcuffed suspect suffer alleged brain damage. Lindsay, 30, had testified he struck the suspect three times because he was “worried about biting, head-butting, kicking, spitting, knee strikes from him.” Lindsay also testified he was worried about the transmission of communicable disease if the suspect spit on him and his partner. In his written decis