Comments on: Bank Street Bully

By: Arletha Krinke

Arletha Krinke — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:21:32 +0000

Interesting read. There is currently quite a lot of information around this subject around and about on the net and some are most defintely better than others. You have caught the detail here just right which makes for a refreshing change – thanks.

By: Focus

Focus — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:02:33 +0000

Over the years, I’ve casually spoken with many (from walks of life across the board) about police, and I’ve yet to find anyone who has sincerely said that they have a reasonable level of confidence in them, or like them or the idea of them, or that this world would be less safe without them– things to those effects.
It is quite the consensus to get about any profession, never mind one that’s supposed to count for safety, peace and protection, etc..

I think police officers (and their teachers, colleagues, etc..) would do well to keep the above in mind and to understand that they’re essentially ‘we’– working for ourselves in a particular designated capacity to make a better life. It is not ‘us versus them’.

In a society increasingly armed with “smart mob” communications like ever-more inconspicuous e-video devices that netcast in realtime (too late to confiscate), the responsibilities, consequences and dangers for police misbehavior shift ever more acutely back where they belong.

If a police officer’s job is supposedly hard enough as it is, some of their questionable behaviours may only serve to make it harder still.

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knitnut.net » The annual statistical snapshot of KnitNut.net — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:18:17 +0000

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By: knitnut.net » The Bank Street Bully walks away

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By: Come and Hear…Zoom « Blog Out Loud

Come and Hear…Zoom « Blog Out Loud — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:54:20 +0000

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By: thenonconformer

thenonconformer — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:03:04 +0000

Police seizures of cameras prompts BC complaint Globe and Mail – VANCOUVER – The BC Civil Liberties Association wants Vancouver police reminded that they can’t just seize photos and videos from witnesses. The association said there have been three incidents where police have tried to seize cameras and video cameras — all three in cases of police-involved shootings. In a complaint to board chairman Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, association executive director David Eby outlined his concerns that police officers are interfering with the rights of those taking pictures or video.“What’s particularly troubling to us is that the three high-profile allegations … all involve police using lethal force against citizens,” he said.The most recent of the complaints involves a newspaper photographer whose arm was twisted behind his back by an officer when he refused to give up his camera outside a police shooting on Sunday.Last month, a man who claimed he recorded the police shooting of a homeless man on his cellphone said an officer asked for his phone and when it was returned the video had been erased.

By: krishna

krishna — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:31:18 +0000

1) That does not look like Lisa the artist who used to draw near Hartmans.

2) You can get police complaint forms and copies of the Safe Streets Act at Exile Infoshop just up the street at corner of Cooper and Bank. Also lots of other literature on police, prisons, and the police state (some in the library and some for sale).

3) Good on ya reporting what you saw and keeping the photos. Will we see the rest of them, if any, published?

By: zim

zim — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:30:16 +0000

as far as I’m concerned I’ve seen too many police officer situations, know friends who’ve been beaten, who did nothing wrong. A human being has a reasonable need to run for survival and this woman could have been brain-injured from the treatment they gave her and she didn’t even do anything.

I catch cops doing this to my friends, I’ll make a very quick decision. If I know the person actually did something, I’ll do what I can to ensure their safety but sure, they get to be arrested. Otherwise those cops are TERRORISTS and will be TREATED AS SUCH. LYNCH MOB. So they better know what they’re doing because in Canada this is wrong, illegal and we’ve had enough. ALL OF US. Either they smarten up or start finding out those jackets aren’t so protective after all. Anyone who’s learned enough about shells and chemistry knows this. THE WORLD CAN KNOW IT if that’s what they want – posters EVERYWHERE. They have decisions to make: we pay for their weapons, their salaries, benefits, sick days off, pensions – we have a right to demand to be treated as human beings.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:05:24 +0000

Jake, are you kidding me? Did you even read Roxanne’s account? Is there any excuse for the extensive injuries and indignities she went through? There seems ample evidence of police illegality/misconduct, and I’m sure she had no problem finding a lawyer to take this case on.

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:05:47 +0000

Yes, thank god the Rodney King beating was videotaped. What an injustice that was. The police have no right to act aggressively when a man with a violent criminal history leads the police on a drunken high-speed chase on the highway and through residential streets, and then attacks the officers when they attempt to arrest him. He really is a martyr of our time.
And the woman who was “brutalized” in this story clearly deserved it. She ran from the police and then fought them when they caught up to her; and she is actually garnering sympathy. I really don’t understand why people think you should be allowed to do whatever you want without fear of repercussion. Obviously if you run from the cops they are going to have to throw you to the ground when they catch up to you.