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Tag Archives: Vancouver Police Department
No more police brutality – Activists memorialize the death of Robert Dziekanski at Main and Hastings
http://www.mediacoop.ca/blog/petitchatnoir/13511 Today as Vancouver marks the 5th anniversary of the RCMPs’ killing of Robert Dziekanski, activists memorialized the tragic date with a banner drop next door to the Vancouver Police Department on Main Street at Hastings. The banner read “H.W.D.P.”, … Continue reading
Posted in RCMP, VPD
Tagged Banner Drop, Downtown Eastside, ftp, Main & Hastings, Monty Robinson, RCMP, Robert Dziekański, Taser Death, Vancouver Police Department
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Missing women were considered ‘scum of the Earth,’ inquiry hears
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Missing+women+were+considered+scum+Earth+inquiry+hears/6508611/story.html Vancouver police were racist and sexist, former 911 operator testifies By Suzanne Fournier, Postmedia News April 24, 2012 A former 911 operator told the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Monday that Vancouver police officers viewed missing sex workers as … Continue reading
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Tagged ftp, Missing Women Inquiry, Racist, Robert Pickton, Sexist, Vancouver Police Department, vpd
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Inquest into North Van RCMP killing of Matthew Wilcox is underway
By James Weldon, North Shore News April 2, 2012 METRO VANCOUVER — Two years and three … Continue reading
Posted in Cops In Court, RCMP, VPD
Tagged Coroners Inquest, ftp, Matthew Wilcox, Police Killing, Rcmp Shooting, Vancouver Police Department
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Vancouver Police Constable charged with assault
Global News : Monday, March 26, 2012 A Vancouver Police Constable has been charged with assault after he allegedly struck a prisoner in a patrol wagon last year. The police department said Constable Matthew McKinnon replaced a wagon driver on … Continue reading
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Tagged Constable Matthew McKinnon, Police Brutality, Vancouver Police Department, vpd
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Officer Stabbed after brutalizing a local shopkeeper during a mall protest
CBC News//Posted: Mar 13, 2012 A Vancouver police officer was allegedly stabbed by a despondent shopkeeper at the Harbour Centre mall food court Tuesday, Vancouver police say. Shopkeeper Tai Hong Ahn was arrested during what his son said was a … Continue reading
Vancouver Police had sex with prostitutes
By: Jon Woodward, ctvbc.ca//Date: Monday Mar. 12, 2012 A retired Vancouver police constable told the -SHAM- missing women inquiry that a handful of his fellow officers had sex with Downtown Eastside prostitutes in the mid-1990s. Dave Dickson said one officer … Continue reading
Sex-trade worker’s journal shows police indifferent to beaten, half-naked woman
Copwatcher says: We thought this was a great article with good insight into the two-faced nature the police have with the people they deal with on the streets and the public they inform with press releases and police statements. Their … Continue reading
Pickton Sightings in Downtown Eastside
Copwatcher Says| This isn’t exactly about police brutality but the article does show how useless the police are at alerting or protecting people pre-emptively. And how the community of the DTES does a MUCH better job looking out for and … Continue reading
