Teenage girl tackled, injured by Edmonton police officer in case of mistaken identity

An Edmonton girl fought for her life, fearing she was being abducted to be trafficked — but it turns out her would-be captors were Edmonton Police Service officers who mistook her for the suspect in a nearby domestic violence call.

Haylie Nahamko-White had just gotten off work on Monday, Nov. 13. She was walking towards Londonderry Mall in north Edmonton, and about to cross 137th Avenue at 68th Street to meet her boyfriend.

It was 10:30 p.m., pitch dark outside. She was on the phone with her partner, who was parked across the street.

“I had an unmarked SUV pull up to me and they said they were police. I didn’t see any logos or nothing. They didn’t turn on their lights at all,” Nahamko-White said Thursday.

The 17-year-old said a man in the vehicle told her if she fled, he would deploy his taser on her. She panicked and ran.

Sarah Ryan reports.

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