B.C.’s police watchdog says B.C. RCMP officers did not commit an offence in the arrest of a man whose leg was later found to be fractured.

In a report published Thursday, the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO BC) says police were at a Maple Ridge department store on May 12, 2023, when store staff pointed out a man who they say had repeatedly stolen from the business.

The officers determined the man had outstanding warrants for his arrest.

“When the [man] tried to leave the store through a fire exit, pushing a cart containing stolen merchandise, he was arrested after a struggle in a loading bay area,” the IIO said in the report.

“During this struggle, the [man] suffered an injury to his left leg.”

According to the report, the man had a previous injury on the leg “so was vuln

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