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Members of the Calgary Police Service are facing allegations of officer brutality in a lawsuit filed by an Indigenous man who says he was wrongfully arrested and assaulted.

Kyle Albright is seeking damages of $500,000 over an early morning incident Nov. 25, 2017, in which he says he was roughed up and then forced to face trumped-up charges.

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In a statement of claim filed by Edmonton lawyer Tom Engel, police are alleged to have beaten up Albright after an officer saw him walking on the shoulder of Stoney Trail N.E.

Albright, then 23 and a journeyman carpentry student at SAIT, had been dropped off near the area after missing his stop while riding home on city transit.

He flagged down a passing cruiser being driven by Const. Jeff Cameron, but instead of being offered assistance he was unlawfully detained and eventually roughed up, the claim states.

“The plaintiff is a visibly Indigenous man,” the lawsuit says, but does not allege a racist motive for Albright’s treatment.