Wednesday, February 15, 2023

VPD Jarrod Sidhu guilty in jay-walking VPD beatdown of black man

Const. Jarrod Sidhu was convicted on charges from the Feb 2018 arrest of Jamiel Moore-Williams. Moore-Williams was stopped for crossing against a red light in Vancouver’s Granville entertainment district. Sidhu was convicted of assault with a weapon after he used his Taser three times on Jamiel Moore-Williams while he was restrained and being beaten by five other cops. Moore-Williams maintains cops targeted him because of his race.

Cops issued a ticket for jaywalking and charged him with obstruction. Both charges were later stayed.