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A security guard has been charged with using brass knuckles to subdue an alleged shoplifter at a Winnipeg Dollarama over the weekend, police say.
Police said they received reports about a robbery and a fight between a man and security at the Portage Avenue store around 1 p.m. Saturday.
A security guard stopped a 46-year-old man as he tried to leave the store with $95 worth of items that he had hidden on him, police said. The guard blocked the man’s exit from the store, and that’s when the man assaulted the guard and threatened to kill him, police say.
The security guard tried to take control of the man using brass knuckles — a prohibited weapon — police said. The guard tackled the man, struck him while on the floor, and threatened to kill him, police said.
The security guard, 23, was arrested shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, police said in a Tuesday news.
He’s been charged with assault with a weapon, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, police say.
The guard was released on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date.
The 46-year-old was arrested by police and charged with robbery and uttering threats. The man was medically cleared and walked to police headquarters a block away after he was arrested, police said.
He was released on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date.
A video posted to Facebook on Saturday showed the guard straddling a man lying on the floor, punching and kicking him at one point, before pulling him upward and slamming him down again.
The video sparked outcry from Indigenous leaders, who said the man in the video is Indigenous. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the Southern Chiefs’ Organization both called for an investigation into the security guard on Sunday.
Impact Security Group previously told CBC News that the guard in the video was removed from active duty and that “further action … will be decided after our investigation and consultation with his union.”
Protesters gathered outside of the store on Monday night.