WATCH: Press conference to be held on allegations of police violence against Indigenous person in Hamilton at 12:30 p.m.

VIDEO: A press conference will be held In front of Hamilton Police Services downtown central location at 155 King William Street with members of the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre and Hamilton Community Legal Clinic on allegations of police violence against an Indigenous person in Hamilton.

Earlier this year, Constable Brian Wren was charged with assault. Hamilton police said it received a video from a business and a citizen after police arrested a suspect in a stolen vehicle investigation. Police said the officer’s use of force led to a criminal investigation. Const. Wren was immediately suspended and now also faces an assault charge.