tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post4442782902290995354..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Braidwood Inquiry - A third officer is forced to recantAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84463801157310854312009-03-03T12:19:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:19:00.000-08:00Why in the world are these officers avoiding crimi...Why in the world are these officers avoiding criminal charges? The BC Crown stated that, while the officers contributed to Dziekanski's death, their use of force was reasonable under the circumstances. After all of the discredited testimony, can the Crown still legitimately hold this position? I know nothing about the law, so please, someone enlighten me. Obviously, the officers didn't intend to kill Dziekanski, but is there not enough evidence of gross misconduct or negligence or something?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594501537766624608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-75771413276307025152009-03-03T02:36:00.000-08:002009-03-03T02:36:00.000-08:00David:Walter Kosteckyj, the lawyer for RD's mom, i...David:<BR/>Walter Kosteckyj, the lawyer for RD's mom, is a former Mountie himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-55015459502129115452009-03-03T02:05:00.000-08:002009-03-03T02:05:00.000-08:00Ian Mulgrew, Sun : Appalling testimony draws guffa...Ian Mulgrew, Sun : <A HREF="http://www.vancouversun.com/News/Appalling+testimony+draws+guffaws+from+gallery/1346263/story.html" REL="nofollow">Appalling testimony draws guffaws from the gallery</A><BR/><BR/><I>The public gallery now is laughing in disbelief at the RCMP version of events the night Robert Dziekanski was Tasered and died at Vancouver International Airport.<BR/><BR/>Millington is the third of the four RCMP officers who confronted Dziekanski to testify and each has recited a near identical story using similar language that has been shown to be misleading on the same key points.<BR/><BR/>Const. Bill Bentley, Const. Gerry Rundel and Millington, who were all junior cops with little experience, exaggerated the threat posed by Dziekanski and described him as more volatile and menacing than he was.<BR/><BR/>After the incident, the three were sent to the detachment office where they spent time together without any other officer present before being questioned by investigators looking into Dziekanski’s death.<BR/><BR/>They also got together for a critical incident debriefing Oct. 27, about a fortnight before the video was made public.<BR/><BR/>Millington, though, said he and the others have not discussed what happened nor did they compare stories before testifying.</I><BR/><BR/>It is most alarming that each officer in turn continues with this identical already discredited story. They've seen the video, they know everyone else has seen the video, and still they lie in the face of evidence to the contrary. Robinson will undoubtedly also lie.<BR/>This behavior is insane. <BR/>Who from now on will be willing to give any RCMP the benefit of the doubt.<BR/><BR/>TuttleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-38306253457997230272009-03-02T23:15:00.000-08:002009-03-02T23:15:00.000-08:00ok, found the comment in Gary Mason's article in t...ok, found the comment in Gary Mason's article in the Globe, no worries.David Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-55462870025435240272009-03-02T22:33:00.000-08:002009-03-02T22:33:00.000-08:00where did you get the line <<"I was wro...where did you get the line <<"I was wrong about that," says Millington.>> I have not seen it anywhere else - not being critical you understand, just wondering<BR/><BR/>and I do appreciate your efforts here - especially noting that the flow of transcripts has slowed down or possibly stopped - the lawyer for Bill Bentley, David Butcher, is a smart cookie, he was involved in the Ian Bush case as well where he discredited key evidence on the blood spatters - it seems to me that this transcript business is (yet another) RCMP strategy to stifle the flow of information<BR/><BR/>whatever happens these men cannot be allowed to get away with what they did, cannot be!!!<BR/><BR/>be well.David Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com