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By Eli J. Ridder

Calgary officers punched, Tasered man loitering at hotel before died: ASIRT

Sep 25, 2024 | 2:12 PM

Alberta’s police watchdog says officers fired stun guns at a man and punched him in the head before he was put in restraints and died.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says Calgary police were called last week about a man loitering at the Carriage House Hotel and Conference Centre.

It says the man appeared dazed when he was told to leave and, when an officer pointed a Taser at him, he raised his hands and started to walk out of the hotel lobby.

It says the man told police, “I don’t want to die.”

The agency says that over the next 3 1/2 minutes, three officers grabbed and tackled the man, punched him in the head and twice fired their Tasers.

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It says the officers put the man in handcuffs and leg restraints.

The man, who had vomited and was bleeding from the mouth, was then put in a spit mask while he was lying face down.

The man was sedated by paramedics and a few minutes later was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.