Witnesses say woman dragged by Nunavik Police Service was having a seizure
CBC
WARNING: This story contains some distressing details.
A video circulating online of the arrest of a woman in Salluit, Que., is causing outrage.
Witnesses to the incident on Thursday night say the woman was having a seizure while she was being dragged by police into custody.
Nunavik Police Service deputy chief of administration, Shaun Longstreet, said the incident began with reports of a woman possibly driving while intoxicated.
"Officers responded immediately to the call, and upon locating the vehicle, observed the driver exhibiting erratic and dangerous driving behaviour and attempting to evade police," Longstreet said in an email to CBC News.
The 24-year-old woman was arrested without further injury, he said, and she was taken to the local health clinic to be checked.
Witnesses who spoke with CBC are worried the officers did cause further harm.
Padli Ilisituk said he heard the sound of sirens and went out on his balcony.
He said he saw the police vehicle get in front of the woman's car, forcing her to swerve right into his fuel tank by his home.
"When I saw the smoke, I was shaking," he said.
Ilisituk took out his phone and started filming.
The video shows an officer pulling the woman out of her car's window and onto the ground.
Witnesses can be heard yelling, "she's having a seizure" and asking the officers to not drag her body to their vehicle.
Ilisituk's mother, Uttuqi also said she saw the incident with the woman unfold.
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