Judge wont review case involving EPS officer who kicked teens head like a soccer ball [Video]

An Alberta judge won’t review the Crown’s decision not to charge an Edmonton police officer who kicked an Indigenous teenager five years ago.

In a recent decision, Court of King’s Bench Justice Michael Kraus dismissed a judicial review by Pacey Dumas, who was given a severe “soccer ball” style kick to the head by Edmonton Police Service Const. Ben Todd.

Kraus dismissed the review because he found no evidence to support Dumas’s argument that failing to prosecute constituted an abuse of power.

“The applicant has failed to point to any evidence of Crown conduct bordering on corruption, violation of the law, bias against or for a particular individual or offence, flagrant impropriety, improper motives, or bad faith,” he wrote.

“Nor has the applicant established that the conduct of the Crown would shock the conscience of the community and undermine the integrity of the justice system.”

Edmonton police were called to Dumas’s family home in December 2020 about a fight and a …