A Winnipeg police officer with a history of misconduct allegations is facing more scrutiny after three men say they believe he spent months targeting a restaurant in order to ticket illegal parkers and allege he wrongfully arrested two of the men.

Befekadu Abitew, 44, says it was a fairly typical day in February when he took a video of an incident involving Patrol Sgt. Jeffrey Norman outside Kokeb restaurant in downtown Winnipeg. 

The incident led to two men being arrested — and left one expert q…