Winnipeg security guard charged after suspected shoplifter punched with brass knuckles
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Winnipeg police said the case began when officers were called to a Dollarama discount store in the city's downtown on Saturday, where a 46-year-old was arrested.
Winnipeg police have charged a security guard with assault after video surfacing online appeared to show him using brass knuckles to punch out a suspected shoplifter.
The 23-year-old guard was arrested Monday evening and charged with assault with a weapon, unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon and uttering threats after police became aware the assault was captured on camera.
Police said the case began when officers were called to a Dollarama discount store in the city’s downtown on Saturday, where they arrested a 46-year-old who had been detained by an on-duty security guard.
That man is accused of concealing $95 worth of merchandise and trying to leave the store before the guard intervened. That man was charged with robbery and uttering threats.
Later on, an onlooker posted a 90-second video on social media that appears to show the guard punching the man, who is laying on the ground, and threatening to kill him.
“Stay down or I’ll (expletive) kill you. Try me. Touch me you (expletive) idiot,” the guard is heard saying.
The guard is also seen kicking the suspect amid a debris field of smashed shelving and potato chip bags while swearing at patrons urging him to stop the assault.
When an onlooker tries to intervene the guard swears at him and says “You want to go next?”
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