吳耀偉控溫市府. 警被指圖阻聘索償專家 警察局, 市政府, 四通

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吳耀偉控溫市府. 警被指圖阻聘索償專家

[2010-01-29]

本報記者李群報道

遭溫哥華市警無辜毆傷的華裔屋主吳耀偉，周四通過律師發表聲明，決定控告溫市政府，追討賠償。他的代表律師沃德（Cameron Ward）指出，溫市警方案發後多次同吳耀偉接觸，試圖阻礙他聘請沃德，事主要求警方立即停止這種不當的做法。溫市警方發言人霍頓（Lindsey Houghton）則以案件正在調查階段為由，不予置評。
沃德周四向溫市政府、溫市警察局長朱小蓀，以及監督此案調查的警察投訴專員發出律師信，表示已經受吳耀偉委託成為代表律師，並將代表吳耀偉，就個人所受到的傷害控告溫市政府。
沃德為本地的著名刑事律師，擅長打索償官司。
在律師信中，沃德要求溫市府及所屬機構及僱員，包括警局成員，避免直接同吳耀偉接觸，今後任何有關此案的聯繫，均須經過律師行。沃德同時要求溫市府及警局保護好相關證據及資料，並要求警方提供兩個涉案警員的姓名及警徽號碼。
吳耀偉案關注小組成員、積極協助吳耀偉尋找律師的時事評論員姚永安表示，目前在國外公幹的沃德，得知市警多次前往吳家與吳耀偉接觸，本周三又去了兩次之後，認為警方的做法很不恰當，故此發出律師信，要求警方停止這樣做。
姚永安更說，吳耀偉遭打傷後，對警察產生極大恐懼感，警方在案發後不斷向他問話，令他非常不安。
吳耀偉案關注小組周三正式成立，成員包括律師、僑領及其他社區人士，希望幫助吳耀偉一家解決生活困難，並尋找律師向警方追究責任及要求賠償。對該關注小組的成立及相關聲明，霍頓以此案正在調查中，任何警方的評論均可能影響案件調查為由，周四拒絕對此給予任何評論。而吳耀偉本人周四在電話中表示，目前身心疲憊，不願評論此案的最新進展。
聯邦新民主黨溫哥華—京士威（Vancouver-Kingsway）選區國會議員、公共安全事務評論員戴偉思（Don Davies），呼籲對此案展開徹底調查，恢復公眾對溫哥華警方的信心。
聯邦自由黨該選區國會議員候選人袁薇，也要求警方徹查事件，並發起籌款活動，協助吳耀偉。
此外，溫市警察局長朱小蓀，周五將出席一個在中僑互助會華埠辦事處舉行的記者招待會，解釋警察的調查程序。

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12# myversa

it's not easy to avoid.

It's natural to hire "TYPE A" people in the police force.  and "Type A" people are prone to this kind of problems.  It's like saying, let's hire cowboys to be p ...
daimo 發表於 2010-1-29 14:32

Type A ppl are fine if the system is designed to keep them in check. Even worse, the system and the status quo actually try to cover and hide their mistakes... The average joe suffers as a result.

BiscottiGelato

The job of the head of the police is not to admit the faults.
His job is to smooth out the anger and critics, which is not easy.  Therefore he get paid a lot.
Prelude 發表於 2010-1-29 13:57

So doesn't matter what his boys do, he should cover them up? That's the problem. It's a mentality problem, that law enforcement should look out for each other's back. That's out right corruption.

I'm not gonna say whose fault it is, cuz I simply don't know enough. But when they initially come out and just try to put a very preliminary conclusion to it by saying that dude resisted arrest, that's out right ridiculous.

Do it big, we need to have the system changed to have more accountability so that the cops actually have incentive, (or penalty otherwise) to do the job of protecting the citizen and keeping peace. Not to wage war against criminals with the average joe becoming collateral damage. And they have to realize that they are not above the law, nor do they have 'power' over the people so they can do whatever they want that pleases their ego.

siumaibb

does that mean we need smarter Type A cops.
or we should try our best not to look like a criminal.

daimo

12# myversa

it's not easy to avoid.

It's natural to hire "TYPE A" people in the police force.  and "Type A" people are prone to this kind of problems.  It's like saying, let's hire cowboys to be police, but let's hope all the cowboys behave.

on the flip side, if they don't hire "Type A" people then they will not be effective when needed either.  

(same logic applies to the army. Look at what the US troops did in Iraq.  Look at how US government defend their troops when they did horrible things!)

It's a dilemma.

Icebaby

I agreed. This is so bad.

myversa

I understand that but I do hope he can also make sure his police do not do the same thing again.