[news] VPD score 3 in-custody deaths in 3 months!

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http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2004/07/28206.php

VPD score 3 in-custody deaths in 3 months!

    Although a pathology test HASN'T been completed, Spokesperson Sarah
    Bloor says there were lethal amounts of cocaine in Bagnall's system.
    She says police WAITED for those test RESULTS before telling the
    public about the incident.

Man shot with Taser dies in custody

WebPosted Jul 23 2004 03:37 PM PDT
vancouver.cbc.ca

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police have released details about a man who died 
in their custody a month ago - after he was shot with a Taser gun.

Robert Bagnall, 54, died June 23 after police were called to his hotel 
on Granville Street.

Bagnall had locked himself in the bathroom of his hotel when police were 
called to the scene.

They say he was combative, screaming and destroying hotel property.

An officer from the Emergency Response Team used his Taser gun to subdue 
Bagnall.

While he was being handcuffed, Bagnall stopped breathing and died on the 
scene.

Police Chief Jamie Graham insists using the Taser was the right thing to 
do.

"I would remind you that there has never been a coroner in Canada or the 
United States that has listed the Taser as the cause of death. In fact, 
in Vancouver we now use the Taser specifically because a coroner's jury 
recommended we deploy it to save lives."

Now, Police are looking elsewhere for an explanation of Bagnall's death.

Although a pathology test hasn't been completed, Spokesperson Sarah 
Bloor says there were lethal amounts of cocaine in Bagnall's system.

She says police waited for those test results before telling the public 
about the incident.

"We wanted the opportunity to get all the results back so that we could 
allow all the information to go out to you in its full capacity - so 
that you would know the lethal levels that existed, as well as what the 
officers did that night."

Still, questions remain about the weapons.

Amnesty International wants them to be banned and the Canada Safety 
Council says their safety should be reviewed.

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Man falls to death following scuffle with police

WebPosted Jul 12 2004 08:43 AM PDT
vancouver.cbc.ca

An unidentified man fell to his death from the Knight Street Bridge on 
Sunday following a police chase. Vancouver Police tried to pull a man 
and woman over because their car didn't have licence plates.

But the driver sped off against oncoming traffic, sideswiping oncoming 
vehicles, finally coming to a halt after hitting another car. The chase 
then continued on foot. Police says an officer grabbed the man as he was 
trying to jump off the bridge and tried to pull him back to safety, but 
lost his grip.

The man fell eight metres to the pavement below.

The woman passenger who fled with the victim was taken into custody and 
later released.

Police spokesperson, Const. Sarah Bloor says the man was known to police.

The Richmond RCMP is investigating the incident, which is considered an 
in-custody death.

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Roman Andreichikov: Dead in Custody

http://www.thetyee.ca/News/current/Dead+in+Custody.htm

(Roman Andreichikov died May 3, 2004, after Vancouver cops shot him with 
a taser)

"I can't breathe."

Those, says a friend who watched in horror, were Roman Andreichikov's 
last words as he lay pinned to the floor of his Granville Street 
apartment. Three Vancouver police officers had piled themselves atop his 
body while another one stood by his side. One officer pushed 
Andreichikov's head down against the floor. Two officers bent 
Andreichikov's legs at the knees while they used their body weight to 
drive his ankles into his back.

"If you're mumbling, you're still breathing," was one officer's reply, 
reportedly.

Moments earlier, one of the officers holding Andreichikov's legs had 
shot him with a Taser - an electric stun gun that overwhelmed his 
nervous system with 50,000 volts of electricity. With his body in 
convulsions, the officers took hold of Andreichikov and bound his hands 
with cuffs. Then thirty seconds after Andreichikov gasped his final 
words, he drew his last breath...


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