Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s brother says police had time to see she wasn’t dangerous
Police officers who responded to reports of a fight involving knives at a Toronto apartment building had time to see that neither Regis Korchinski-Paquet nor her family were a threat once they arrived at the scene, her brother told a coroner's inquest Wednesday.
On Wednesday at the coroner’s inquest, Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s brother Reece testified that the six police officers who responded to a fight involving knives at a Toronto apartment building had ample time to assess the situation before arriving. Korchinski-Paquet’s brother stated that the officers treated his sister like a suspect and employed an aggressive tone.
He explained that he, his mother, and Regis herself complied with the officers' requests to speak and allow a search. Korchinski-Paquet’s brother maintained that the officers would have seen that none of them posed a threat, especially towards the police, as the dispute was over by the time they arrived and the knives were nowhere to be found.
He argued that the police should have allowed Regis to enter the apartment alone instead of taking her with them, as she did not want them inside the home.
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