Four of eight Metropolitan Toronto police officers, found by a royal commission to have arrested a New York rabbi illegally in 1962, have been charged with conduct unbecoming an officer, Metro chairman William Allen reported today. He said at a meeting of Metro council the disciplinary action had to await the outcome of civil action, which Rabbi Norbert Leiner brought against the policemen.
A royal commission conducted by Mr. Justice Dalton Lells into the circumstances of Rabbi Leiner’s arrest on Jan. 26, 1962, found the arresting officers subjected the rabbi to foul and abusive language. It was determined that sergeant of detectives Alvin Sproule struck the rabbi in the face twice without justification.
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