Simona Tibu, 41, told the Edmonton Journal she was driving to her office in Edmonton from her Camrose home on Aug. 3 when an officer on a motorcycle pulled her over on Highway 21 for speeding.
She told Global News the sheriff violently hit the driver's side window of the car when he approached, and when she rolled down the window Tibu told him she would not produce her license and registration if he continued to hit her car.
She says she also told him she would begin filming him on her phone if he hit the car again.
“At that moment, he became very violent. He took his hands through my window, hit my right hand, where I have bruises on it, smashed my cell phone out of my hands, and told me… ‘Get out of your car now.'" Tibu alleges.
She told the Journal when she got out of the car the sheriff ordered her to stand against the trunk of the car, where he allegedly began to hit her in the breasts and push his groin into her backside.
Global reports Tibu began to scream, hoping to draw attention to the alleged assault, which only made the sheriff "even more aggressive."
“I felt a hit in my head then he smashed my head on the pavement on the road until I was full of blood. Then he told me, ‘Now I’m going to walk all over you.’”
Tibu shared several photos of her alleged attack, showing deep cuts and bruises on her face and body as she lay in hospital.
RCMP spokeswoman Josee Valiquette told the Journal the sheriff called RCMP officers for backup and the incident ended when Camrose police and RCMP arrived.
“I am going to make justice happen,” Tibu told Global.
“No individual should be handcuffed and be beaten by the police. No women should be handcuffed by the police and be sexually assaulted.”
“He believed that I’m a poor immigrant, and because I stood up for myself … he decided to teach me a lesson,” she told the Journal.
“He chose the wrong person to fight with.”
According to the Alberta Justice and Solicitor general spokeswoman Michelle Davio, the investigations of Tibu and the sheriff will be done by different RCMP officers.
Global News learned Tuesday the sheriff in question has been placed on desk duty.
Tibu's allegations have ignited an intense debate about police brutality online.
On one Facebook page, Cop Block, many commenters called the sheriff's alleged actions "shocking, but not really surprising," "a joke" and "fishy."
Others, however, said they were waiting to hear more of the sheriff's side of the story.
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Source: huffingtonpost.ca
Author: The Huffington Post Alberta
It spreads from United States to Canada.
ReplyDeleteThis countries just became Police States
No exaggeration here and if people don't say anything it will be soon a Nazi environment.
Sheriff Oscar Rob Behiels severely assaulted Dr. Simona Tibu
ReplyDeleteThis case raises many constitutional issues. Should a person in a society that values the security of the person, forbid a person who is being aggressively targeted by a police officer, to have no rights to set boundries with that officer, say that co-operation will be forthcoming if the police officer acts in a safe manner? I commend Simona for making this a public issue, because up til now, we have not had a public debate on the reasonable expectations of citizens to be treated with consideration for safety by law enforcement officers, and instead we have given impunity for barbarism if the officer choses to claim "non cooperation". This needs to be explored very fully as a public policy issue. Council of Canadians tabled a proposed resolution at their AGM in Saskatoon last month that deal with this question, and it would be good for those interested to communicate on getting publc knowledge and support for dealing with this problem.
ReplyDeletemanifesto2000, Simona had endured enormous continuous harassments from Camrose police and wetaskiwin rcmp, since August 3, 2013. Nevertheless , she is very determined to make a difference in others' life by her example. Police , sheriffs are public servants, therefore they must prove respect and offer security to their clients, the public as a first priority, then focus on ticketing . In Simona's case, sheriff Rob Behiels failed to assure her security and assaulted her when she dared to ask him to be polite first. A judge decision in her case is crucial for others as well, as the judge can condemn hooliganism of a person using the power of being armed over unarmed civilians.
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