In the case of Brendan Latimer, a 19-year-old chef from Ajax, Ont., whose nose was broken when he was arrested at Queen's Park, SIU director Ian Scott wrote that "there are reasonable grounds to believe an officer used excessive force leading to injuries to the complainant," but noted the officer responsible had not been identified.
Mr. Latimer, who was brought to the ground by fleeing protesters as he stooped over to help up a woman who had been knocked down, said the officers who allegedly kicked and struck him with batons weren't wearing their nametags.
"I said 'I'm not resisting arrest,' and I was told to shut up," he said. "They just started wailing on my ribs."
He said he sat in a paddy wagon for three or four hours with a broken nose.
In Mr. Nobody's case, the SIU reviewed a YouTube video titled "Toronto G20, Peaceful Protestor Tackled and Roughed Up," which showed him being arrested at Queen's Park by six officers. Police held him face down on the ground while one officer moved a closed fist towards him in a "striking motion," the SIU wrote.
"In my view, these closed fist strikes appear to be an excessive use of force," Mr. Scott concluded.
The SIU, however, found no evidence to support Mr. Nobody's allegation that a pair of plainclothes officers later kicked him in the head.
Dorian Barton, meanwhile, said he went to College Street and University Avenue with a friend to see what was happening. As he turned to snap a photo of police on horseback, the 29-year-old was knocked over by a riot shield-toting officer and broke a bone in his upper right arm near the shoulder, he said.
"When I asked for medical attention, they laughed at me," Mr. Barton said.
He said he was held for several hours in the Eastern Avenue detention centre before being taken to hospital. Charges of obstructing a police officer and unlawful assembly were later dropped.
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