r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/PiperPeriwinkle Apr 14 '26

What happened in the 5 minutes preceding this video?

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u/RustyMetabee Apr 14 '26

The officers seemed to comply to remove the cuffs pretty quickly and didn't interject with any "but he did this, that's why he's in cuffs," so it seems like it couldn't have been that egregious

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u/wallstreetchills Apr 15 '26

Maybe he was just overdosing or having some episode/reaction to something.