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Henriette Durand shows off her bruising.
Turley said police explained to Durand that they needed to enter her home to make sure everyone there was safe. They managed to locate her roommate and determined she was not harmed. “During that, without warning, Durand lunged at the officer,” Turley said. “The officer was able to put Durand’s hand behind her back and place her up against the wall. Durand resisted by struggling to break free, so she was taken down to the ground to take control of her.” In the process, she hit her elbow on something, causing the bruise. Turley added that Durand remained belligerent through the entire ordeal. “At one point, Durand demanded service in French, just to make things more difficult for us,” Turley said. “So we actually got a translator. A French translator attended to assist.” As for charges, Turley said RCMP have decided not to recommend any. “We’re not going to be proceeding with charges due to the fact that she is a 70-yearold lady.” She said there would be no automatic review of the case, based on Durand’s allegations of police brutality. But if Durand feels RCMP used excessive force, Turley said she could file a compliant with the RCMP’s public complaints commission.
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When light meets art ... The summer sun shines off Water # 10, a stainless steel chrome structure at the corner of River and Cambie roads. Water # 10 is one of the Biennale public art works on display around the city.
A 70-year-old Richmond women is alleging police brutality against four Richmond RCMP officers after she was arrested last Friday. But Richmond RCMP say Henriette Durand was drunk and resisting arrest after they responded to a domestic dispute call. Durand sustained injuries that sent her to hospital during her arrest July 30. The injuries included a bruised arm. “They just threw me on the floor, face down, hands behind my back, handcuffed,” she told the Province newspaper. She said she spent three hours in police lockup and several more in hospital. The News was unable to reach Durand for further comment. Richmond RCMP received a 911 call July 30 from a neighbour reporting a domestic dispute in the 10,000 block of Railway Avenue. Durand told the Province she and her friend were having an argument in their back garden and suspects a neighbour, with whom there appears to be some bad blood, called 911. Police were told by the caller that a knife might be involved. Cpl. Sherrdean Turley, of the Richmond RCMP, said that the caller told the dispatcher that he or she had heard “I’ll do it,” and “put down the knife,” which is what led police to believe someone might be armed. “Police were met with an intoxicated and very uncooperative female who lunged at one of our officers,” Turley said. “The officer defended himself, using the least amount of force necessary to prevent the attack.” Turley confirmed Durand was not armed with a knife when arrested and that no knife was recovered. Durand told the Province she answered a knock at the door and was met by three male and one female police officers, who asked to see her ID. She said she showed police her passport and then was taken down. “It does sound bad in the paper, but we don’t gang-pile people,” Turley said. “They were trying to place her under arrest for her coming at one of our officers and she was resisting the entire time.”