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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (81219)	7/1/2009 11:43:22 AM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

What a sad and frankly, ignorant response. Our past is full of examples where human beings are redefined in such a way that they can be marginalized, ignored and killed. Slaves, Women, and Jews are just a few examples.

To: Jim S who wrote (81219)	7/1/2009 3:20:54 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

What Greg or e really wants is the civic authorities to back up his fairy tale beliefs even if it means cracking a few heads or worse. Message 23823571 He also supports the murder and subsequent cover-up of Robert Dziekanski. If Taser e-mail is true, officers lied through their teeth BY IAN MULGREW, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEJUNE 20, 2009 The Braidwood Inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski after he was Tasered by police five times has been blown up and left in ruins by the revelation a key RCMP e-mail was withheld from the commission. After months of outrage about the conduct of the four Mounties who responded to Vancouver airport Oct. 14, 2007, who can believe that at the last minute, a federal lawyer would produce what many would consider a smoking gun - an e-mail saying the officers decided to use the Taser before confronting the Polish immigrant? If true, the Nov. 5, 2007, e-mail titled Media strategy - release of the YVR video, from RCMP chief Supt. Dick Bent to assistant commissioner Al McIntyre, establishes the four have been lying through their teeth. This critical document suggests the four officers committed perjury and that senior officers sat silent while they did so. Worse, it seems there are many other documents that have not been turned over that may be relevant. This e-mail was one of 260 documents on a CD sent by the RCMP to the justice department last April, yet the federal lawyers didn't open the CD until last week. Last week? Evidence delivered in April didn't get opened until last week? Helen Roberts had every reason to be in tears Friday as she apologized to the public inquiry into Dziekanski's death for failing to disclose what appears to be not just germane but also startlingly important evidence. If Roberts had cried over Dziekanski mother's pain, I would be moved - but a veteran lawyer wet-eyed over another screw-up in this case? I think they were crocodile tears. Commissioner William Elliott's carefully parsed news release was equally unbelievable: ``This was simply an oversight. Unfortunately in an exercise of this magnitude, such an oversight can occur.'' Bollocks. No one but a moron overlooks the importance of an e-mail like this. The officers deny the explosive content is true and Roberts says Bent was wrong in what he said. But their protestations ring hollow after almost 18 months of bluster and denial. So does Elliott's threadbare these-things-happen excuse. The situation is as bad as the most virulent critics of the Mounties feared. This is no longer about four officers who made mistakes in judgment: It's about an organization that thinks it is above the law. ``I find this delay in disclosing it to the commission appalling,'' an upset Braidwood said. ``The contents of this e-mail goes to the heart of this inquiry's work.'' Exactly. Braidwood says his inquiry will resume on Sept. 22 after commission lawyers have time to review the e-mail, conduct an investigation and perhaps call the senior Mounties to testify about the document. There was a time when I thought Oct. 14, 2007, was the day that would live in the annals of RCMP infamy, but June 19, 2009 has eclipsed the tragedy of Dziekanski's death. On Friday, a country's faith in a once proud, once revered institution died. We have left the realm of how to regulate Taser use and the circumstances of Dziekanski's death and entered the world of criminal conduct - which is beyond Braidwood's provincially rooted authority to investigate. If we needed any prod to reopen the decision not to prosecute these officers, we now have been given it. It is time to thank commissioner Braidwood for his excellent work in bringing these unsettling facts to light and it's time to appoint a special prosecutor. The B.C. Law Society should also begin an investigation into the conduct of Roberts and any other federal lawyer involved in this staggering lack of disclosure. That was not an ``oversight.'' It was professional incompetence or a cover- up. Vancouver Sun imulgrew@vancouversun.com © Copyright (c) Canwest News Service ottawacitizen.com