A Winnipeg man is suing the City of Winnipeg Police Service, former police chief Devon Clunis, as well as two unnamed police officers for actions he calls unprovoked and forcible.

Cyril Shorting alleges he was assaulted by police two years ago and left with "serious injuries" to his arm and shoulder while handcuffed and detained without cause.

None of his allegations have been proven in court.

Approximate location of where Cyril Shorting alleges he was detained without cause and assaulted by police.

On the early morning of Nov. 16, 2014 Shorting said he was at a party on Pritchard Avenue when two police officers entered the North End home and removed him from the premises.

The names of the officers have been withheld but court documents provide the officers' badge numbers.

Shorting was placed in handcuffs, he said, and then one or more officers "forcibly" threw him to the ground. The action left him with a fracture to his arm and shoulder injury, he said.

The officers never told him why he was being removed or detained, the court documents say.

Shorting, who does not have a criminal record in Manitoba, calls the actions of the two officers "deliberate and flagrant and unprovoked."

He says Clunis is also liable because the two officers who detained him were under the former chief's direction.

Shorting says he was unable to work after the incident and has suffered losses as the result of the "serious and permanent injuries inflicted upon him," the court documents say.

Winnipeg police declined to comment to CBC because the matter is before the court.