 B.C. cops sorry for injuring man in mistaken arrestLaw & Order | 206665 hits | Jan 22 9:10 am | Posted by: WDHIII  Vancouver Police are apologizing to a man who was injured in an arrest last week -- in what ended up being a case of mistaken identity that was further complicated by language barriers.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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I see 3 problems, 1) police went to wrong door, 2) This guy tried to close the door on the officers, 3) The guy didn't speak english (so why was he in Canada?)
Reminds me of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport...
Remember in some countries, the police are more currupt than the criminals, such as Mexico and many Asian countries.
I slag the police when they fuck up, but in this case the problem was the guy. He tried to shut the door on them, and couldn't speak English. (I thought having one of the official languages was a requirement for entry?) So sad, too bad.
You are SO wrong here.
First off, noone said this man is a citizen, secondly ANYONE can enter the country with a valid passport (and/or a visitors/tourist visa), and buy or rent a house. You just cannot use the social security system without a work- or pr-visa.
On topic…. IF he tried to close the door after the cops identified themselves, the outcome was obvious. Not speaking English or not understanding our culture certainly wouldn’t help.
Good on the VPD for correcting the initial story and admitting they went to the wrong door in the house. Meanwhile, I’ll wait to hear the whole story before I consider painting the entire police force with the same brush.
I'm glad the VPD was so forthright about this, but I do think more than an apology is owed the man. The unfortunate thing is that it sounds like some ambulance chaser got to him while he was in the hospital and now he wants a big cash payout.
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2010-01-22 13:44:57
I slag the police when they fuck up, but in this case the problem was the guy. He tried to shut the door on them, and couldn't speak English. (I thought having one of the official languages was a requirement for entry?) So sad, too bad.
Of course would never go to a country wherein you didn't speake their language fluently! Idiot!
The cops fucked up. They admitted doing so. If the cops here or anywhere for that matter, decided to 'bull their way' into my home, and I knew I hadn't done anything to warrant such behaviour from them, guaranteed, the cops would come out of it with 'the shitty end of the stick'. But don't worry andy, when he is done with VPD, he'll be able to afford a personal translator 24/7!
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columb ... ml?ref=rss
At a news conference at police headquarters, Chief Jim Chu not only issued a public apology for the arrest and injury of Yao Wei Wu, but also apologized for a statement released by police after the incident.
He said the department no longer stands by a police statement that alleged Wu was injured after he resisted arrest.
"We said Mr. Wu resisted arrest and was injured in the process. I want to make it perfectly clear this morning that we do not stand by that statement. This was information that was premature and released as fact when only an investigation can determine what happened," he said.
Chu would not say where the information about Wu resisting arrest came from, but said the department would conduct its own investigation into the incident and he saw no reason to bring in an outside force
In the original statement issued Thursday, police said, "The man resisted by striking out at the police and trying to slam the door, but the officers persisted in the belief that there may be a woman and child inside who could be in danger."
The officers have not been suspended but are currently on their scheduled days off, he said.
Mistaken identity
Chu also outlined some details police were willing to release regarding events that led to the man's injury and arrest.
He said at around 2:20 a.m. PT, a caller phoned 911 about a domestic violence incident at an address in East Vancouver and two plainclothes officers were dispatched to the home.
The caller then clarified that she was in a basement suite at the rear of home, but the officers went to the wrong door.
On Thursday, Wu — who does not speak English — told CBC News through a translator that when he opened the door, the two officers pulled him from the house and beat him, hitting him multiple times on the back, head and face, eventually fractured a bone around his eye.
He said he did not resist because the two men, whom he did not know were police, had guns.
Only after he was arrested and they asked him his name did the officers appear to realize they had the wrong man.
The man the police were looking for who lived in the other suite in the house was later found and arrested on suspicion of assault.