Better Oversight Key to Restoring Rcmp Image
Brandon Sun, The (March 12, 2009)
Author: Yaffe, Barbara
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Former justice Ted Hughes, following a 2001 probe of RCMP actions during a 1997 meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vancouver, criticized unnecessary pepper-spraying of demonstrators, unwarranted arrests, improper removal of protest signs and intrusive strip searches. [...] testimony before former Supreme Court judge Thomas Braidwood is revealing that armed RCMP officers in bullet-proof vests were so fearful of a guy with a stapler that, within 30 seconds of arriving, they Tasered Dziekanski five times in 31 seconds.
Better Oversight Key to Restoring Rcmp Image
The jarring testimony that has been presented at the Braidwood inquiry suggests it's time for greater government oversight of the RCMP.
The inquiry, now on a two-week break, isn't just a test of the f...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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