In August 2023 Dahlia Colaric was tackled by the Transit Police at a skytrain station. Dahlia suffered knee injuries and others. She is now suing the Transit Police. Read more about Dahlia's case.
Late at night on August 12, 2023 Andreana Robinson was resting at a table in downtown Vancouver when Vancouver Police asked her for her ID. Andreana had been drinking earlier that night. The officers arrested her but in the process her shoulder was dislocated and her rotator cuff was severly torn. Not sure how these injuries happen on an arrest. Sounds pretty agressive. Read more about Andreana's case.
In November 2022 Ryan Atzenberger was leaving a concert in Abbotsford. For whatever reason he was arrested by Abbotsford police. During the arrest Ryan was punched twice in the face by an officer. Ryan is suing the police force for excessive force. Read more about Ryan's case.
On September 20, 2022 an individual was crossing Hastings Street in Vancouver when he was hit by a Vancouver Police car. Constable Jack Zhao was charged with driving without due care. Thank goodness for CCTV cameras in the area which filmed the incident. Read more about the case.
On April 8, 2022 the Surrey RCMP were called to do a wellness check on an individual supposedly carrying a weapon. When Surrey RCMP got to the house, the individual was shoot and killed. As of April 18, 2022 no word of the individual's name or the type of weapon he was carrying. Read more about the case.
In August 2021, Ora Cogan, a journalist, was reporting on the Fairy Creek protests. An officer told her to be silent or she will have to leave. What a bully. No respect. Read more about Ora's case
On July 8, 2021, Jared Lowndes was shot and killed by Campbell River RCMP. Jared's mom was very critical of the RCMP and the use of force they used. Follow Jared's case.
Former Kelowna RCMP officer Brian Burkett pleaded guilty to breach of trust when he victimized 7 ladies. One lady filed a complaint and when the RCMP started to investigate Burkett's phone they found 6 more ladies who also had been victimized. It just takes one complaint which in turn could help many more people. Ottawa police officer Eric Post was charged with a similar crime. Similarly, in Eric's complaint it started with one lady filing a complaint. Read more about Burkett's case.
In March 2021, 2 Vancouver Police Officers were seen laughing and taking pictures with a dead body that washed ashore at a beach in Vancouver. The 2 officers were suspended. We
think it was really disgusting and disrespectful. Not sure how these officers got through the hiring process with their way of thinking. Follow these disrespectful officers.
Again in March 2021, an Indigenous male was arrested for public intoxication. After he was released from the police station a VPD officer is seen kicking the man in the chest who then fell down. The officer and his partner drove away without providing medical aid. A person at a bus stand saw the man on the ground bleeding from his head and called 911. As we say on our homepage, Indigenous people in Canada are the main targets of abuse by police. This case is another example of Indigenous people being targeted and assaulted by police for no reason. Read more about this case.
On December 11, 2020 Babakayode Fatoba was in the dining hall at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Babakayode is a SFU alumni. Due to the Corona Virus, a complaint was put into security then the RCMP that he was not wearing a mask. RCMP say the officer tried to de-escalate but in the end Babakayode was pepper sprayed and then tasered. The officer claimed he was afraid for his safety. We don't know how a person carrying a gun, taser, pepper spray and possibly a baton could be scared for their safety. The unarmed black man is the person who should be scared. Maybe in this instance a second officer could have been called and they carried Babakayode out. Little bit excessive force to take just because of the Corona Virus. This virus has already caused many to have mental distress and now someone is being tasered because of it. Not good. Read more about Babakayode.
On December 9, 2020 Constable Zubair Mohammed Hassan was part of an arrest of a suspect. In November 2021 he was charged with assault and
uttering threats as part of that arrest. He will make a court appearance on December 13, 2021. Follow this case
On October 25, 2020, Tyrell Giroux was arrested for a vehicle infraction. During the arrest an RCMP officer assaulted Tyrell, which was caught
on a either a cell phone image or a car installed camera. Charges were suggested for the assault. Thank goodness that the person who took the video and then made it public. If they hadn't the officer would probably have gotten away with the assault. Follow Tyrell's case.
In May 2020, Tyler Russell, was being arrested when a third RCMP officer, Siggy Pietrzak, came running in and punched Tyler 10 times in the face area. Siggy has been charged with assault. Instead of coming in and taking about 3 seconds to figure out how to help with the arrest he started assaulting right away. These types of assaults are happening all too often. Maybe the RCMP need to provide better training on how a back-up officer can be effective? A similar type of assault happened to Chief Allan Adam.
Read more about Tyler.
On April 12, 2020, Everett Patrick, 42, was arrested by RCMP with help of a police dog. He was taken to a hospital to assist with these small wounds. After he was taken into police custody Everett went into medical distress. Everett was taken to the hospital a second time on the same day. After a CT Scan was performed it showed he had bleeding in his brain. An investigation is in process by the Independent Investigations Office of BC to find out what happened to Everett in custody. Follow Everett's case
On January 20, 2020, a wellness check was requested by the boyfriend of Mona Wang, a UBC student. When the RCMP officer arrived some type of confrontation occurred where Mona was dragged by the officer on her stomach. A video was made of this event by the camera in her apartment. The officer also stepped on Mona's head and pulled her hair. Read more about Mona's case
On January 13, 2020 Barry Shantz, a well known activist for the poor and a sufferer of mental health issues, was shot and killed by Lytton RCMP. If a person so well known for his mental health problems can be shoot and killed by police how does a unknown person with mental health issues stand a chance against the police? Read more about Barry Shantz's case
In October 2019 Clayton Donnelly was pulled over by a RCMP officer for driving erractically. Clayton ended up dead. Clayton's parents are suing to find out what happened during the interaction. Read more about Clayton's case.
In May 2017 David Cowie was running from the Vancouver Police Department and eventually tackled in a skytrain station. A few more officers showed up and it appears that he was assaulted. However in January 2024 the officers were aquitted of all charges. If you read about Myles Gray, whose case is listed below, he was also assaulted and as a result died of his injuries when backup officers arrived. Even in the videos showing Mr. Cowie's assault it does not look like the backup officers access the situation but just start to assault Mr. Cowie. Read more about David Cowie's case.
In October 2018 brothers Troy and Brendan Robinson were charged with assaulting a police officer. After a court case the judge said the officer's testimony was not reliable and both brothers were aquitted. Some officers think they can say whatever they want in court and their word will be taken as true. The judge was able to figure out that the officers were saying was not the truth. Read more about the brothers case.
In February 2018, UBC student Jamiel Moore-Williams was stopped for jaywalking in downtown Vancouver entertainment district. From our experience, a large number of people regularly jaywalk especially on the weekend which is when this incident happened. There typically is not much car traffic and is easy to jaywalk. After Jamiel, who is black, was stopped he was assaulted and tasered by the police. Two Vancouver police officers have been charged. A similar case happened in Nova Scotia where, again a black man, was ticketed for jaywalking. The human rights board awarded Gyasi Symonds about $15,000 for being targeted because he was black. Hopefully Jamiel will also be compensated. An update on Jamiel's case. The officer was convicted of excessive force however given a conditional discharge. Would a regular person also be given a conditional discharge if they assaulted someone random on the street? Also, another black UBC student was assaulted by BC transit officers in 2011. This case is mentioned further below. Read more about Jamiel's case.
Between 2012 and 2018 a large number of "choke-holds" have been done by the RCMP in BC. There is now an review to see how many of these choke-holds were justified.
Read more about the status.
On August 13, 2015, 33 year old Myles Gray, who was unarmed, died because of numerous injuries sustained by 6 attending Vancouver Police officers. There were no other witnesses or videos made. Some of Myles injuries include a fractured orbital eye socket, broken voice box, localized brain bleeding, broken nose, broken ribs among other injuries. None of the 6 officers have been charged because of some officers did not want to testify or some officers gave contradicting testimony. If the officers were all there and witnessed the same thing it is strange how they are giving contradicting testimonies. If they don't remember some details then how can they be relied on to testify on some other investigation they may be working on. If they can't be relied on then they are incompetent officers and tax payers money should not be wasted on them and they need to be let go.
By our opinion, if only one officer caused all of these injuries the other 5 are as guilty because they are staying silent and it seems like protecting the other officers.
Oddly enough, Myles was the owner of Selma Park Evergreens which was a distributor of wholesale floral. Selma, Alabama was the city where "Bloody Sunday" happened on March 7, 1965 where 600 non-violent protesting people were assaulted by police. They were beaten by batons and trampled by horses.
In Myles case, the first attending officer called for back up. Looking at 2 different instances when back up officers arrive it seems like the back up officers don't wait to figure out what the situation is but come in for the attack. This is the case with Chief Allan Adam in Fort McMurray, Alberta when he was literally run over when a back up officer arrived. The same is the case in the USA when a police officer is arresting a person and a back up officer arrives and basically body checks the person. Read more about Myles Gray's injuries.
On August 11, 2011 a 22 year old UBC student who was identified as being black was severly beaten by 2 Transit police officers. It has taken
a decade however the charges are now going to court. Read how this case proceeds.
On October 14, 2007 Robert Dziekanski had just immigrated to Canada and his mom was waiting for him in the arrivals areas of Vancouver Airport. He didn't make it out because he was met by 4 RCMP officers who tasered him 4 times and pinned him to the ground. He died due to a heart attack caused by the taser by the Airport RCMP officers. Originally the RCMP released a statement number of statements about the encounter with Robert. However after a video appeared the RCMP changed their story. Originally the RCMP said there were 3 officers involved but there were 4, they said they couldn't pepper spray because there were other people around but the video shows nobody was there and they said Robert continued to throw stuff around but he was not. Tasering was done within 25 seconds of officers arriving to the scene. Read more about Robert.
In 2005, Jean-Claude Emond was being arrested for an outstanding warrant. He ran away. He was then pursued. When he was caught a police service dog bit him 17 times. In 2021, so 16 years after the offence Emond was awarded $63,000 because the judge claimed Emond was probably
bitten even after Emond was handcuffed. Even though a long time had passed, Emond was awarded money because the officers helped commit a crime and a crime is a crime even 17 years later. Sometimes the police have a difficult time solving cold cases. The judge in this case solved one against the police.
Read more aboud Emond's case.
