TORONTO - A judge has found a Toronto police officer guilty of assault with a weapon against a protester at the city's G20 summit three years ago.

The Crown had argued that Constable Babak Andalib-Goortani was overwhelmed by the chaos and "lashed out" at protester Adam Nobody, hitting him with a baton after the man had been wrestled to the ground.

But Judge Louise Botham told the court "a police officer is not entitled to use unlimited force to affect an arrest."

Botham says Andalib-Goortani's explanation that he was responding to Nobody's resistance is nothing more than an after the fact attempt to justify his blows.

As the verdict was read, the protester clapped.

Another cop in the courtroom let out a loud sigh.

The protester was singled out for arrest at a demonstration on June 26, 2010 at the Ontario legislature and was tackled as he ran from police.

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