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The log on Dafonte Miller’s shattered cell phone shows a call was made to 911 at 2:52 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2016.

But the 19-year-old was barely able to speak, his lawyer says, because his phone was snatched away by two pipe-wielding assailants who viciously attacked the teen in a quiet Whitby, Ont., residential neighbourhood, leaving him with serious injuries, including the loss of an eye.

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Two men — an off-duty Toronto police constable and his brother — now face criminal charges in a case that has prompted accusations of racial profiling and police deception.

“I can’t emphasize how egregious the cover-up is,” Julian Falconer, Miller’s lawyer, told reporters Friday.

Miller, who is black, and his buddies were walking to a friend’s house when, according to Falconer, two men emerged from the open garage of a home. They asked if they were from the area and what they were up to.

Miller, who lives about a five-minute drive away, and his friends said they didn’t need to answer and kept walking. One of the two men identified himself as a police officer and a chase ensued, Falconer said.