Man alleging threats talks to Winnipeg police

A Winnipeg man who says he was left on the outskirts of the city and threatened by police has filed a formal complaint with police.

Evan Maud, 20, came forward to media outlets earlier in the week with allegations that he was picked up on a Winnipeg street by two men who appeared to be police officers, driven to the edge of the city and left to find his way back home.

He said that during the encounter, the officers threatened to zap him with a stun gun.

The incident allegedly occurred Dec. 3. Maud said he was picked up near Main Street and Magnus Avenue, driven to the south Perimeter Highway and left there to walk home.

Maud took his story on Saturday to the police department, where he was met by two members of the professional standards unit.

He gave them a statement and made a formal complaint.

"He was flanked by his mother and uncle who stayed with him while he gave his statement," the CBC's Wab Kinew reported Saturday. "They emerged about an hour and a half later, with Evan saying that it took him more than a week to come forward with his complaint because he was afraid of police."

Earlier, Maud said, "All week, like, I kinda felt traumatized and stuff like that."

He said the investigating officers spent most of the time Saturday listening to him recount what happened.

"They were just asking me softly and asking me question by question and stuff like that," Maud said. "I did most of the talking and stuff like that. So ...  they got my story."

Maud also told CBC News that he had nine beers on the night of the incident. 

His uncle, Joseph Maud, said that based on what he saw during the interview with police, and noting the way the investigators treated his nephew, he was confident police would get to the bottom of what happened.