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By Megan O’Toole & Kenyon Wallace

Despite identifying two occasions when police at the G20 likely used excessive force, the province’s Special Investigations Unit announced on Thursday it will not lay criminal charges.

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After completing six investigations into injuries sustained by six men during the G20 summit in Toronto, the agency was unable to identify most of the officers alleged to have been involved. In some cases, the SIU said the source of the injuries was unclear, while for others — such as 19-year-old Brendan Latimer of Ajax, who ended up with a broken nose — the damage apparently came at the hands of police.

“On the basis of the investigation, there are reasonable grounds to believe an officer used excessive force leading to injuries to the complainant,” SIU director Ian Scott said in a statement on Mr. Latimer’s case. “However, given the fact that no subject officer can be named after a thorough investigation, I cannot form reasonable grounds that any identified officer committed a criminal offence in the circumstances of this case.”Mr. Latimer, who still finds the incident tough to discuss, says police pounced on him at Queen’s Park on June 26 and starting pounding his body with batons, breaking his nose.