News ‘I was pleading for air’: Alberta man on trial for Winnipeg assault accuses RCMP of excessive force By Brittany Greenslade - August 13, 2021 0 180 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ‘I was pleading for air, for somebody to get off me and for somebody to film this,’ Nathan Lasuik testified last week in court. ‘I was fearful I was going to die.’