Man injured in violent Sask. arrest to be removed from life support
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A man injured in an incident involving Prince Albert police will soon be taken off life support, according to his family.
A man injured in an incident involving Prince Albert police will soon be taken off life support, according to his family.
Boden Umpherville, 40, has been in hospital since April 1 after he was Tasered and pepper sprayed during an arrest where police also used collapsible batons.
Umpherville's family says he is now considered brain-dead.
"I just hope this will never happen to any mother, what I have to go through," Umpherville's mother Verna said while speaking at a Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) news conference held in Saskatoon on Friday.
According to the FSIN, doctors told his family that Umpherville's current state "was accelerated due to a 20-minute period where his heart stopped beating before being revived."
Verna said she believes the life-saving measures taken by police prior to the arrival of paramedics were insufficient.
Umpherville's arrest is currently under investigation by the province's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). It is the new police oversight body's second investigation.
