Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Province of BC to probe suspicious death
Share:
by Kaitlin | February 22, 2007 at 02:34 pm
390 views | 5 Recommendations | 1 comment
Photos
Sometimes--and when I say sometimes, I really mean it--Gordon Campbell surprises me in a positive way. Usually it takes a few tries, and usually he comes up short later on, but hey... 1 in 80,000 ain't bad.
Maybe this will help to expose what many see as drastic underperformance by Vancouver Police officers in the face of mounting challenges.
Reversing an earlier decision, the British Columbia government has announced a public inquiry will be held in the case of a native man who died of exposure after police left him in a Vancouver alley."I've discussed the matter with the premier and he and I have decided a public inquiry is in order," Solicitor General John Les told a news conference on Thursday.
Frank Paul died in 1998 after police removed him from a jail cell and left him in the lane, intoxicated.
A corrections officer came forward earlier this week with new information about the case, claiming the internal police investigation was a sham.
Greg Firlotte told CBC Radio he helped drag Paul to a police van in December 1998. Paul, a Mi'kmaq man from New Brunswick, was later found in an alley.
An internal police review concluded that a police van driver dumped Paul, 47, in the alley. The van driver was suspended for a day.
Advertisement
NowPublic on Facebook
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Crowd Power
SqueakyMarmot
Vancouver (West Mount Pleasant / West Riley Park- Little Mountain), British Columbia, Canadagmcmullen
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (1)
at 12:34 on February 23rd, 2007
At NowPublic, this is high praise from NowPublic editors! Your story is now on the home page for awhile, and everywhere else the “good stuff” box shows up. Many thanks for your great work.