ASIRT unable to verify claims of serious injury during UCalgary encampment removal

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigation into claims of serious injury during the removal of a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Calgary. A release from Calgary Police Services (CPS) stated that “[u]sing the definition of ‘serious’ that is regularly employed by ASIRT when conducting investigations into harm caused by police, […] the allegation of ‘serious’ injuries cannot be verified.”City News reports that the University of Calgary’s Student Union requested the independent review, claiming that multiple students had been injured during the police response.

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