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A Montreal police ethics committee has suspended an officer for two days without pay for an incident involving a university journalist during the tuition-hike protests of 2012.

Dimitrios Karamitsos Danos received the suspension on Nov. 5.

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The charge was using excessive force and abuse of authority during the 2012 protests by students against proposed tuition hikes.

On March 7, 2012, Concordia Link journalist Riley Sparks was covering a gathering at Parc Émilie Gamélin, adjacent to the Berri métro station.

According to the transcript of the ethics commission and bolstered by video footage shot by another Concordia student, four police officers approached Sparks as he was trying to photograph officers clearing away protesters.