A Toronto family has demanded a public apology after two police officers were caught on dashcam footage mocking a woman with Down syndrome during a traffic stop, describing her as disfigured and something less than a whole person.
“I feel hurt; it really hurt my feelings. I was disgusted by what they said about me,” said Francie Munoz, 29.
In December 2016, two Toronto police officers pulled over Pamela Munoz, who had her two daughters with her in the car, for allegedly running a red light.
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Pamela Munoz said she believed the light was amber when she drove through an intersection. The officer who issued the ticket told her the incident was recorded on video and that she could fight the ticket in court.
When Munoz received the tape as part of the disclosure prior to her court date in June, it was marked as having no audio. But she soon heard the officers on the video mocking her daughter Francie, who had been sitting in the back seat.
One officer can be heard saying there are “two-and-a-half women” in the car instead of three and then goes on to describe Francie as “disfigured …or different,” with the other officer laughing and agreeing.
“Artistic.…That’s going to be my new code word for … different,” says the officer.
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Pamela Munoz and her daughter Francie demanded a public apology from Toronto police and asked for them to get sensitivity training to better deal with people who have disabilities. (CBC News/ Chris Langenzarde)
Pamela Munoz says she believes the officers were unaware their comments were being recorded.
One of the officers can also be heard joking about the women, who had a pizza with them in the car, saying, “They’re [probably] nibbling on it right as we speak.”
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