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An Edmonton man ejected from Rexall Place during an Edmonton Oilers game four years ago is pushing for the officers involved to face disciplinary action over allegations of mistreatment during his arrest and while he was detained.

Justin Mutch alleges that a Professional Standards Branch investigation in 2015 into the events surrounding his arrest and a decision by Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht to clear the officers involved was “tainted and biased,” a Law Enforcement Review Board panel heard Wednesday.

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Mutch is also suing Knecht, 15 officers and Edmonton Northlands for $500,000 over the Dec. 28, 2013, incident.

Through legal representative Samantha Labahn, the panel heard that, according to Mutch, an arrest for public intoxication inside the hockey arena turned unnecessarily violent. Her client was angry because of the Oilers’ on-ice performance.

On top of allegations of excessive use of force, Labahn said her client was not read his rights nor offered access to legal counsel in a timely fashion. She also raised issues around what she called the “unfit conditions” of the dry cell he was kept in for two hours.

The police version of events, however, differed wildly from Mutch’s accounts of the arrest.