Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
63/100
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Crime & Law
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Edmonton woman Fabyan Deschamps is speaking out after what she is calling a traumatic experience involving an Edmonton Police Service officer.
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she → speak → officer
Deschamps said back in August, she and a group of people were in a parking lot along Fort Road when they were approached by two officers and asked to give their names.
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they → say → names
Deschamps says she complied with the officer, who then allegedly threw her to the ground.
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who → say → ground
“He grabbed me by the back of the head and then smashed my face right into the cement,” Deschamps said.
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Deschamps → grab → cement
“When I came to, when I looked at myself in the mirror — it looked like I got hit by a bus or something.”
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I → come → bus
Deschamps has been recovering from injuries to her face and back — but it’s the scars you can’t see that she’s really struggling with.
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she → recover → that
“Ever since then, I’ve had a lot of headaches and memory problems and emotionally really overwhelmed, ,” she said.
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she → have → headaches
“I’m scared to go outside sometimes and every time that I hear a police siren or helicopters.
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“I’m afraid something bad might happen to me.”
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something → get → me
On Thursday, the Edmonton Police Service said it was working on a response to the alleged incident.
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it → say → incident
NorQuest College justice studies chair and criminologist Dan Jones was a member of the Edmonton Police Service for 25 years and worked as a homicide detective, undercover officer, foot patrol and gang unit member and more.
He said the use of force is never a pretty situation.
“There’s times when use of force is necessary for police,” Jones said.
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Jones → work → police
“But when you start to see the use of force being used in an unnecessary circumstance — is that a training issue?
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that → start → circumstance
Deschamps doesn’t know why the alleged incident happened but worries her First Nations race was a factor.
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race → know → ?
“It’s not okay, just because we’re minorities and Aboriginal people or that we come from the streets.
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we → ’ → streets
It’s not okay to treat us like that and kick us while we’re already down.”
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we → ’ → us
Deschamps has since filed a complaint with the province’s Police Review Commission, who has forwarded the file on to be considered for a criminal investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
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who → file → Team
“The fact that it moves to ASIRT tells me that there’s likely something more to this from a complaint perspective,” Jones noted.
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Jones → move → perspective
“This is going to be one of those test cases that determine whether the systems are actually working for the complainants.”
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systems → go → complainants
Deschamps said she has met with an ASIRT investigator and hopes something productive comes from her complaint.
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something → say → complaint
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