Body Camera footage shows man wielded garden tool, not knife

Jason Breault, 41, is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and other crimes after an altercation with police in downtown Burlington. Photo courtesy of the Burlington Police Department
Police body camera footage released Wednesday by the Burlington Free Press shows that a man was brandishing a pointed garden tool, not a knife as police said at the time.
In late Sept. 30, police officers responded to a call about a man wielding a knife — later revealed to be the tool — s