標題: Still no complaints, four weeks after riot [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-7-13 08:07 標題: Still no complaints, four weeks after riot
Still no complaints, four weeks after riot
Watchdog says that's not likely to change
John Ackermann Jul 13, 2011 08:04:01 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Today marks four weeks since the Stanley Cup riot in Downtown Vancouver, a night that saw police overwhelmed by vandals and looters.
David Eby with the BC Civil Liberties Association is surprised his office still hasn't received a single complaint, especially given the scale of the event and the amount of policing involved. He points out there were numerous complaints after the APEC riot in 1997, the Riot at the Hyatt in 1998, the Guns N' Roses Riot in 2002, and even during last year's Olympics.
Eby figures people are too ashamed to admit they were there. "I think that as soon as you put your name on a complaint saying [I know] a police officer used force on me downtown during this riot, people will ask well, what the heck were you doing downtown?"
"I think the public attitude around the riot has probably caused people to be reluctant to file complaints and he thinks that is understandable," he adds, saying ultimately, police should be praised for displaying remarkable restraint on June 15th.
Mounties and the VPD won't speculate on the lack of complaints; they prefer to let the provincial government's independent review speak for itself.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-7-13 08:08
