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Halifax Regional Police confirmed in a statement to media on Saturday that they were investigating after a video began circulating on social media of an incident that purportedly occurred on Friday, showing an officer pointing what appears to be a gun at a man whose hands are up. At one point the officer makes comments that a Halifax Police statement would later call “unacceptable”. The police statement regarding the incident said it involved a “high-risk situation involving drugs and weapons offences.”
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