....In response to A_Britishcolumbian.....
"who chose what to say... thru the incident in Revelstoke ?Fancy wrote:That would be a question to ask the officer in charge of releasing information through press releases. And all that information has to be checked for accuracy and of course all that takes time. This incident happened fairly quickly in the grand scheme of life.
While I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theory, what the heck happened with the accuracy of information on this event ???
We have news outlets stating that the events near the weigh scales at Donald began with a "routine traffic stop".
Either the media are making up their own version of events, or someone is providing them with incorrect information.
Since many outlets reported the basic same "incorrect" version of events, it leaves one to strongly suspect there was one source of the incorrect information.
A "routine traffic stop" is a LONG way from a "roadblock" or "road check". "After shooting the member, the suspect drove off", is a LONG way from the suspect running to the opposite side of the roadway and commandeering another vehicle at gun point.
Police, especially the RCMP, have developed an environment ? A climate ? that "they are the RCMP, so what they have done or are doing is the right thing and the public have absolutely no right to question it. That goes doubly for the media, who merely regurgitate information provided by the police.
I think some are mistaking incompetence for conspiracy.
When one of these "events" occur, the holding of motorists for an extended time on the Trans Canada Highway, the searching of homes and seizure of weapons in High River,,,, the list goes on. The media reports the incident as stated by the RCMP and don't question their actions, our political representatives remain silent.
When things really go off the rails and the actions can't be ignored (to some extent that happened in High River) an investigation is undertaken, that generally takes an inordinate length of time, leaving the message to the public that the RCMP can act with impunity. When the dust settles, "well, yes, perhaps the RCMP didn't quite do things correctly, but .... Nobody is held accountable, nothing changes.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-wa ... -1.2954483The incident at Donald is a classic. I would STONGLY suspect that if an accurate account of all the events was release it would be quite apparent that the RCMP put the public at risk by handling the stopping of the murder suspect the way that they did. The RCMP acted irresponsibly and inappropriately in holding East bound vehicles overnight on the Trans Canada Highway, when in fact the suspect had fled West bound.
Fancy wrote:A lot of speculation there - from a comment in that article it sounds like Rosenthal was part of the problem.
You've certainly hit the nail on the head on this one. Time will tell if the replacement of Rosenthal will change the dynamics of the IIO.