Sunday, September 18, a 95 y.o. man assaulted another senior at the residential care facility of Vernon’s Jubilee Hospital. The victim died and within hours, the elderly culprit was arrested, taken into […]
Victim of his disease or victim of Jim Chu?
Years passed before video surfaced showing police officer Lee Chipperfield applying a fatal head shot to unarmed Paul Boyd as the already wounded man crawled across a Vancouver roadway. We might wonder […]
Capital punishment, without process
A video was released this week showing the ugly homicide of Vancouver citizen Paul Boyd. If you consider the video offered any new information, reconsider. This was written almost 18 months ago […]
Who’s next?
Could my spouse, one of my good citizen sons or daughter, one of six grandchildren or I, or you, be shot dead by Vancouver Police Constable Lee Chipperfield, or any one of […]
Patience saves a life
We are critical when violent situations involving police end badly so its appropriate to applaud an opposite outcome, when the public is protected and the threat is taken down without serious injury. […]
Police still investigating police misconduct
CBC News posted a report of an incident where an apparently drunk man is assaulted by police officers, an incident partly captured on video. Footage shows one or two officers striking a […]
Would an inquiry tell us things we don’t wish to hear?
I think – or maybe hope – Vancouver Police leadership, taking an uncommon path, is trying to be forthright in its public dealing. Improvement in training and supervision is still needed as proved by […]
Retributive justice still unserved, families owed more – UPDATED
Following denial of serial murderer Robert Pickton’s final appeal, the BC Supreme Court released a mass of evidence previously banned from public view. Contained are shocking disclosures that emphasize how authorities botched […]
Justice is blind . . . to abuses
Attorney General Mike de Jong expressed concern about “. . . a growing disconnect between the justice system and the people.” No doubt, he is talking about citizen discomfort over his own […]
BCCLA Legal Observers
From a BC Civil Liberties Association website: The Olympics have an unfortunate history of being associated with government activities that repress dissenting voices and “undesirable” populations. In China, dissidents and potential protesters […]
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