Jail cell takedown video

[hozzle]

The video inside the cell, which was released recently, seems to show a different story than what the RCMP originally stated.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.2787332

[maryjane48]

i know rob but havent talked to him in long time , hope he wins

[Donald G]

To hozzle ...

Other than the highly emotionalized and sensationalized verbal description of the situation given by the CBC reporter and his star witness from the BCCLA I saw and heard nothing except the end of an RCMP video dealing with a combative, alcohol and steroid fuelled drunk driver.

Did I miss something?

[Donald G]

To lakevixen ...

I take it that you see justice as a competition with a prize? I assume that the prize is taxpayer money. To buy more alcohol and steroids? You live in a weird world of values.

[zzontar]

To hozzle ...

Other than the highly emotionalized and sensationalized verbal description of the situation given by the CBC reporter and his star witness from the BCCLA I saw and heard nothing except the end of an RCMP video dealing with a combative, alcohol and steroid fuelled drunk driver.

Did I miss something?

Combative? I see him standing against the wall with his arms behind his back and his feet crossed. Did I miss something?

[Donald G]

To zzontar ...

The announcer says previously combative. Does previously mean an hour, a few minutes or a few seconds. My guess was that it was before being subdued and restrained.

The SAFEST way to release a violent and combative prisoner is to place him face down on the floor and walk away before he can continue the physical altercation.

I think that is exactly what the video depicts.

[driveangry]

Combative? I see him standing against the wall with his arms behind his back and his feet crossed. Did I miss something?

He wasn't standing, he was on his knees on a bench, he was told to cross his legs, he didn't, when he moved his legs one officer grabbed them, that's when the other officer threw him to the ground.

Did he deserve the injury he got ? No he didn't. It looked like an accident to me.

He was told to calm down and he said he won't.

The officers could not let down their guard and must be prepared for anything.

The drunk put himself in that situation.

[Donald G]

To drive angry ...

That would make sense. A routine situation that cops encounter being sensationalized and misconstrued by those who would indiscriminately misuse the cops for their own selfish purposes. Another BCCLA member running for election?

[hozzle]

To Donald G...
I think you did miss a major part of the controversy and that was the attempt by the officers involved to cover up the incident.

Police allege in court documents that there was no wrongdoing and that Wright’s injuries were not caused by RCMP members, but are "attributable to previous and/or subsequent incidents, or congenital defects or pre-existing conditions."

[zzontar]

He wasn't standing, he was on his knees on a bench, he was told to cross his legs, he didn't, when he moved his legs one officer grabbed them, that's when the other officer threw him to the ground.

Did he deserve the injury he got ? No he didn't. It looked like an accident to me.

He was told to calm down and he said he won't.

The officers could not let down their guard and must be prepared for anything.

The drunk put himself in that situation.

Wow, a drunk person kneeling on a ledge with his arms handcuffed behind him couldn't keep his feet crossed? Good thing they didn't tell him to stand on one leg, he'd probably still be in the hospital.

[Donald G]

To zzontar ...

As I have come to expect of your comments, you have completely distorted what driveangry wrote because you could not think of a way to counter his information directly.

[driveangry]

Wow, a drunk person kneeling on a ledge with his arms handcuffed behind him couldn't keep his feet crossed? Good thing they didn't tell him to stand on one leg, he'd probably still be in the hospital.

If you had actually watch the video you would have seen that he wasn't totally inebriated to be incapacitated, just intoxicated enough to be combative.

[driveangry]

Police allege in court documents that there was no wrongdoing and that Wright’s injuries were not caused by RCMP members, but are "attributable to previous and/or subsequent incidents, or congenital defects or pre-existing conditions."

This part is confusing, the video clearly , IMO, appeared to be an accident. Why would an officer have to lie about it.

What the video DOES NOT show clearly is the face and/or area, no way to tell if there was an existing wound from a previous encounter that was reopened.

[cutter7]

why would an officer lie about it? to cover his *bleep*. It happens quite frequently

[Donald G]

There must be ESP emanating from the video. People profess to be able to tell if the cop is fabricating a story or telling it the way he honestly sees it from his perspective.

I wonder if previous injuries means previous in this same ongoing altercation or from a previous altercation entirely? Another aspect not clarified. Therefore open to interpretation by people with a confirmed conclusion who are looking for something to support it.