17-06-2017 19:07 via edmontonjournal.com

Mountie using conducted energy weapon on man at oilsands camp caught on video

A man has been charged with several offences, including assault of a police officer, in an arrest where officers used a conducted energy weapon.
Wood Buffalo RCMP were called out to the Athabasca Lodge in Fort McKay on Thursday after a complaint of an intoxicated male who refused to leave.
When Mounties arrived on scene, they arrested the male, but he avoided being handcuffed, according to a news release.
The man threatened to harm one of the RCMP officers, who then used his Conducted Energy Wea
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