Failure to acknowledge history not a good sign

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Manitoba’s police watchdog has decided not to authorize charges against a Winnipeg Police Service officer who allegedly bloodied a man’s nose while he was in custody.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba announced Friday the involved officer would not be charged after a man said he was hit in the head while in his holding cell, because there was no likelihood of conviction.

The man was arrested on Dec. 31 for violating a court order. He was taken to police headquarters, where he was lodged in a holding cell. The IIU’s report says the man urinated on himself, causing his clothing to become wet. He was given a blanket and his wet clothing was removed.

At some point during the night he was awoken by a guard and ordering him to follow for fingerprints. He refused and asked to speak with a supervisor, because he felt embarrassed for not wearing any clothing.

LEVI, Finland - Petra Vlhova held on to her opening-run lead to beat Mikaela Shiffrin on Saturday in a women’s World Cup slalom that was the American’s first race in nearly 10 months.

On a course set by her coach Livio Magoni, the Slovakian also posted the fastest time in the second run and extended her advantage over Shiffrin to 0.18 seconds.

“I tried to take this advantage that my coach set the course, and I did it,” Vlhova said. “It wasn’t easy, as it started snowing and also the course was a bit destroyed. But I did it and I am really happy. First victory in the first slalom of the season is always good."

Austria’s Katharina Liensberger was 0.57 behind Vlhova in third, while the rest of the field, led by Swiss racer Wendy Holdener, was at least 1.35 off the lead.

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My newly separated man recently invited me up to his family cabin. We drove up separately that night and had a wonderful time — until the next morning when he slept in.

I sat in the cabin bored stiff. Finally, I went snooping and spotted some old videos labelled “Friends and family,” and popped one in.

It was fun to see his boys when they were young — looking just like him — but it was a real shock to see his wife. She was playing with the kids who were calling out, “Mommy, watch what I can do.”

When she finally looked up and smiled into the camera, I recognized her. She was my older sister’s close friend in high school. Seeing her face looking up so happily at her husband shooting the video made me feel sick.