Comment Vancouver Airport, Homeless, Olympic Rapes (Score 1) 431
I think Robert Dziekaski, homeless people and the 2010 Olympics have shown the our (Canadian) police aren't the most upstanding citizens. I generally try to avoid the police. Not to say we don't have a bunch of good police as well. Unfortunately, there is a police stand up for each other mentality, that seems to extend to even criminal police officers.
Dziekaski of course being murdered at Vancouver Airport with multiple shocks from a taser gun. The officer using the gun claimed he only did one shock, he also was not licensed to use a taser at that time. One of the main officers in that response got fired after he got in a car accident off duty killing a second person. The other police officer were fired for lying in court. Not going to jail, but being fired. It was warned that this could happen again if a list of changes was not made to procedure. To date, none of those changes have been made.
Three police officers were fired after internal investigation found that on duty they would pick up homeless men, take them to the park and beat them.
During the Vancouver Olympics, 17 police officers were charged with rape. I know 6 of the cases were dropped, it was expected only 7 of them would make it to court. Police were brought in from across Canada to help out, and 3 of the 7 expected to go to court were from the province of Quebec.
Dziekaski of course being murdered at Vancouver Airport with multiple shocks from a taser gun. The officer using the gun claimed he only did one shock, he also was not licensed to use a taser at that time. One of the main officers in that response got fired after he got in a car accident off duty killing a second person. The other police officer were fired for lying in court. Not going to jail, but being fired. It was warned that this could happen again if a list of changes was not made to procedure. To date, none of those changes have been made.
Three police officers were fired after internal investigation found that on duty they would pick up homeless men, take them to the park and beat them.
During the Vancouver Olympics, 17 police officers were charged with rape. I know 6 of the cases were dropped, it was expected only 7 of them would make it to court. Police were brought in from across Canada to help out, and 3 of the 7 expected to go to court were from the province of Quebec.