[Brenda]

tritium tritium:

Brenda Brenda:

The officers (RCMP officers) shouldn't have been there in the first place, if the ground crews had done their jobs. They didn't.

Should've could've and would've are not bringing the man back to life. It is not just the RCMP. It is 10 hours of neglect and doing nothing that lead to the mans death. If you want to blame people, blame each and everyone on duty there that day. Not just the 4 RCMP's.

Yes you are correct there are many circumstances that led up to the man death.

This incident will be a black eye on Vancouver and Canada as a whole for many years to follow.

Nahhh, I don't think so. Canadians might feel it this way, but I know about immigrants who arrived last Wednesday on Vancouver International, and they didn't even think about it. I don't think they are the only ones.

I don't say it should be forgotten, but I don't think it will be that bad for so long. A lot of sh*t is going on in the world, and overall, this is just a little piece of sh*t extra...

[Dayseed]

And for what crime are we prosecuting them?

[tritium]

Dayseed Dayseed:

And for what crime are we prosecuting them?

Charge the cops with manslaughter for criminal negligence.

They tasered the man while he was already down on the ground, (4 to1) they chould not restrain the man.

$1:

The Criminal Code defines homicide as causing the death of a human being by any means. Not all kinds of homicide carry criminal liability.

Culpable homicide is when someone causes the death of a human being by, among other things, means of a criminal act or criminal negligence. (section 222)

Murder is defined generally as culpable homicide where the person causing the death

means to cause the death or means to cause bodily harm that he knows is likely to cause death and is reckless as to whether or not death ensues

means to cause death to one person and, by accident or mistake causes the death of another person

for an unlawful purpose, does anything that he knows or ought to know is likely to cause death, whether or not it was his intention to cause death (section 229).

First degree murder is murder that is planned and deliberate (section 231(2)). Where a death occurs in the course of a sexual assault or criminal harassment, it is first degree murder whether or not the death was planned or deliberate (section 231 (5), (6)).

Second degree murder is defined as "all murder that is not first degree murder" (section 231(2)).

Manslaughter is defined as "culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide" (section 234).

[martin14]

Brenda, you are absolutely right !

[Regina]

There's already a thread on this topic.