September 28, 2004
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has cleared police of wrongdoing in the death of Jerry Knight in July.
The 29-year-old Mr. Knight, a drugged-up and out-of-control boxer, became violent in a motel lobby and died after police used a Taser to subdue him.
"The forensic pathologist in this matter has ruled out the use of the Taser as being a contributing cause to Mr. Knight's death," SIU interim director James Cornish said in a statement released yesterday.
"The cause of Mr. Knight's death was restraint asphyxia with cocaine-related excited delirium."
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