The arrest and alleged strip search of a Toronto paralegal three days before the G20 summit has left some Canadian legal experts shocked. Some even suggested police may have left the man naked for 48 minutes to humiliate him and teach him respect.
For David Tanovich, a University of Windsor law professor, it's hard to imagine what the grounds would be for a strip search, “let alone dragging him, carrying him, moving him around the cell, like the picture shows on the front page of the Star, naked. There's absolutely no justification.”
The Star reported Friday that Sean Salvati, 33, has filed a lawsuit claiming police illegally arrested and imprisoned him last June. Salvati alleges he was denied access to a lawyer and forcibly strip-searched and beaten while in custody.
The lawsuit alleges Salvati was arrested for public intoxication, then taken to a downtown police station where he was held overnight, questioned on the G20 by two unidentified men, escorted naked past a female officer and placed in a cell for 48 minutes before his clothes were returned.
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I was arrested and taken to police station and i am a guy so when they said i was going tobe strip search I expected a male officer to do it.Four officers were in room I had to take all my clothes off and shake them inside and out.When I was totally naked I had to bend over ,lift my genitles and other humiliating things.I was left nude for 34 minutes.it was conducted in mens room and they didnt close the rest room so 4 or 5 other men came in and out.im standing there my legs spread with my hands on my head.1 cop stayed with me the whole time but every guy in that place saw me naked.they made comments about it looks like its getting cold in here and other comments about my penis and other body parts.they wanted to make me feel relaxed.then they walked me from bathroom to another room and all i had on was handcuffs.2 men saw me being moved that had not seen me nude in bathroom.charges were dropped but think they should get in trouble
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