Spit Hood

• Lobby group seeks public inquiry, release of video in Montreal man’s jail death

  Nicous D'Andre Spring, 21, was illegally detained at Bordeaux jail on Dec. 24 when guards fitted his head with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed him twice. He died later in hospital.

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2023
  
• Inquiry demanded into Montreal jail death after guards used pepper spray, spit hood

  Veteran Montreal defence lawyers say the circumstances surrounding Nicous D'Andre Spring's jail death warrant an in-depth inquiry in addition to official investigations underway.

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2023
  
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• Review board says Halifax police lack of training on spit hoods was ‘very concerning’

  Corey Rogers died of suffocation overnight on June 15, 2016 while lying face down in a cell with the spit hood left on him by three officers.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2021
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• Halifax police constable defends actions in cell death of man wearing spit hood

  Corey Rogers died of suffocation on June 15, 2016, while lying face down in a police station cell with the hood covering his mouth.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2021
• Police review into Halifax jail cell death adjourned until June

  The mother of a Halifax man who died in a police drunk tank has found a legal representative who will take on her police complaints case pro bono.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2020
• Mother of Halifax man who died in police cell struggles to find lawyer to make case

  Rogers has been searching for a lawyer to help in her complaint over the discipline taken against three officers who arrested her intoxicated son,

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2020
• Jury finds Halifax special constables guilty of criminal negligence in death of Corey Rogers

  The jury of eight men and four women found that Daniel Fraser and Cheryl Gardner caused the death of Corey Rogers on June 16, 2016.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2019
• As final arguments close in trial for Corey Rogers’ death, his mother says Halifax police failed her son

  Special Const. Cheryl Gardner and Special Const. Daniel Fraser are on trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court for criminal negligence causing the death of Corey Rogers on June 16, 2016.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2019
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• Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with Corey Rogers, who died in Halifax jail cell

  Const. Cheryl Gardner says she had dealt with Corey Rogers on previous occasions and had seen through the booking process that Rogers was intoxicated

  Crime

  Nov 6, 2019