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There are some flogging an incident that occurred here almost 8 years ago at YVR airport.

Because it's not over. There's an officer's perjury trial in progress now.

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/british-columbia/former-rcmp-officer-s-alleged-perjury-compared-to-air-india-bomber-1.2870766

Robinson is facing one count of perjury in relation to eight lies he allegedly said at the Braidwood Inquiry in 2009.

I'm aware of 2 more cases, but here's a summary of 5 cases of police killing mentally ill people in Canada:

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/british-columbia/police-shootings-often-involve-mental-illness-and-ill-prepared-officers-1.2850020

Regardless of who it is, I maintain that failing to follow police verbal order should not be justification for killing. It's reason for police to try other means of defusing a situation.

Racial profiling is an issue here too:

http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/blog/ajamu-nangwaya/18378

On October 19, 2002, the Toronto Star published the findings of its landmark investigation into police racial profiling in Toronto. It obtained access to a police database that recorded 480,000 incidents of police contact with civilians from 1996 to 2001, which generated a ticket or arrest. It was clearly established that Afrikans received racially differential treatment from the police.

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Oh yeah we have some brain dead cops up here who think it's all fun and games to kill people too. Just not near so many.

And I'm glad you've been there at all of those incidents to be in such a great position to judge.

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Regardless of who it is, I maintain that failing to follow police verbal order should not be justification for killing. It's reason for police to try other means of defusing a situation.

That really depends on the situation. Sometimes, it is justified. Sometimes it isn't. Sometimes people don't act when it is justified, and sometimes they do act when it's not. Each case has to be examined on its own.

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Which is why cops need to wear cameras, to ensure there's actually something to examine.

A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.

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Often many of my American friends suggest tazers. I always give a recitation of Vancouver Airport.

Those clowns used the tazer five times, then lied about it. They were eager to try it out.

"A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley

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Once again the head troll get's it wrong. Perjury trials are under way at the moment.

Yes, but we are not trying them for killing the man but for lying about it afterward on reports and in front of the inquiry.

"A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley

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Interesting...makes me wonder why Jon Stewart is so popular in Canada. He uses satire, mockery, sarcasm, etc.

Perhaps you have heard of him ?

Yes, but he's funny. You, not so much.

"A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley

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Which is why cops need to wear cameras, to ensure there's actually something to examine.

While I am an advocate of cameras I can see the issue the cops have with them. Tie this in with the municipal politics topic on the 2 firefighters fired in Toronto for tweeting something politically incorrect and you get people fearful that if they say something off-colour or politically incorrect they'll be punished for it. Add to that situations occur which evolve in seconds, giving little or no time to think out a response. That's particularly so in violent situations, which may also be laden with emotions. So a cop gets a second to make a decision, or maybe just react reflexively. Meanwhile, people get to review their action at leisure, calmly and with an academic viewpoint and watching the video in slow motion and having plenty of time to consider what the could SHOULD have done or COULD have done.

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"A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley

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I see people are still feeding the troll around here. Had to skip over a couple more pages of stupidity.

Are you serious? On Guard For Thee can't stop his verbal diarrhea anymore than you can stop believing in conspiracy theories.

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And I'm glad you've been there at all of those incidents to be in such a great position to judge.

Nowadays you don't have to be there, lots of people have those damn Iphones so you can just sit back and watch a guy get tazered to death in the airport, or a kid get shot alone in a streetcar surrounded by cops, That sort of thing.

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Yes, but we are not trying them for killing the man but for lying about it afterward on reports and in front of the inquiry.

Which is why I referred to them as perjury trials. I think I know the answer to this question but not being a lawyer I'm not sure, but if perjury is proven can that have any effect on previous acquittals?

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While I am an advocate of cameras I can see the issue the cops have with them..

Too bad so sad. They'll be a condition of their job. If they don't like it they can go find another one.

A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.

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