Taser Incident at Edmonton Hotel, ASIRT Investigates

0:00Alberta's police watchdog is probing Edmonton officers after they tased the guy at a downtown hotel and he ended up in the hospital with arm pain. It all kicked off on March 21st when a hotel worker dialed 911 around 3am near 100 Avenue and 104 Street. The man seen drunk and wouldn't budge from the lobby. Officers showed up, tried to arrest him for trespassing but he fought back hard against the handcuffs. They took him down and one cop fired a taser to get things under control. The man complained about his arm hurting right after, so paramedics rushed in and hauled him to Royal Alexandra Hospital. No word yet on how bad the damage is. Acerds on the case now, digging into whether the force was justified and we'll keep an eye on what shakes out from this one. That wraps Canada News Today, brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with The Story.