A Toronto police officer convicted within the life-altering beating of a younger Whitby man six years in the past quietly resigned from the service final month after serving time in jail for the offence.
Toronto police spokesperson Connie Osborne advised CP24 that Michael Theriault’s final day as a Toronto police officer was April 19.
He was dealing with a Police Companies Act cost of professional misconduct arising from his felony conviction however that continuing can't proceed now that Theriault has resigned.
Theriault was convicted of assaulting then-19-year-old Dafonte Miller in Whitby in 2016, in an encounter that required two surgical procedures and later value Miller an eye fixed.
He was handed a 9 month jail sentence, and appealed his conviction however was denied.
His brother, Christian, was additionally accused within the assault however was acquitted.
The case drew main consideration for the truth that it concerned a white off-duty cop beating and severely injuring a younger Black male – who at first was the one particular person to face felony fees within the incident regardless of displaying apparent bodily accidents.
The Particular Investigations Unit, tasked with investigating incidents the place an Ontario police officer is accused of severely injuring a member of the general public, was not made conscious of the encounter till months afterwards.
It additionally got here to mild that the brothers’ father, now-retired Det. John Theriault, was on the scene of the crime to assist his sons however didn't alert his superiors to the incident in order that it may very well be investigated.
Miller testified in court docket that he was crushed with a steel pipe and that he feared for his life through the assault.
Theriault was suspended with pay till his conviction in November 2020.
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