RCMP appeal Justice Arne Silverman's decision?

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Two Mounties appeal court ruling about Taser inquiry, and RCMP officers appeal ruling on Taser inquiry's jurisdiction.
Say WHAT!?
(Another report suggests that it is only two of them who will appeal: Bill Bentley/David Butcher and Kwesi Millington/Ravi Hira; but as far as the E Division Hall of Shame is concerned ... "tar 'em all with the same brush," sez I.)

These Mountie hounds and their thousand-dollar-an-hour lawyers are appealing the B.C. Supreme Court decision by Justice Arne Silverman? Will they go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada in an effort to hide their crimes?

HALL OF SHAME: The E Division All-Stars.
Bill Bentley & David Butcher, Kwesi Millington & Ravi Hira, Benjamin Monty Robinson & Reginald Harris, Gerry Rundel & Ted Beaubier.



It is PUBLIC MONEY they are using for this fol-de-rol remember. When is someone going to put a stop to this ridiculous charade?

Is there not a single solitary ADULT anywhere in the Canadian Government?

Not William Elliott RCMP Commissioner, that's for sure, he's too busy with The Mikado. Neither the 'Honourable' Peter van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, who is theoretically in charge of Elliott; nor the 'Right Honourable' Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada - the man who is theoretically in charge of all of 'em. But we know ... nobody's in charge. They are all hoping this will just go away so Canadians can go back to their dinners.

On the up side, none of them look like they are suffering weight loss these days from any hunger eh? They were probably skinnier in the days before they became 'Honourable' do you think?

Are they really 'Honourable' I can't help but wonder? That's impossible I guess, because if they were they would put the kibosh to these Mountie hounds and their lawyers both.

On second thoughts, maybe I am being unkind to the hounds to classify these Mounties with them? Anyway, the Mounties are not really hounds at all, more like miniatures aren't they? Jack Russell Terriers and the like, cowardly except for the bark ... So maybe we should be calling them 'doggies' then?

Not cowardly you say? Kill someone with a Taser and hide behind William Elliott (who is large enough as we have noted)? or kill someone with your car and literally run away? This is not cowardly? Oh ... Jack Russell Terriers? No idea ... and maybe it's not a thousand an hour, maybe it's only 800$.


reminds me of a joke (remember your liver, you have to find a laugh in it somewhere) ...

What looks good on a lawyer?
Couple'a dobermans.

here's another one I just made up ...

Look out boys, the swine flu's comin'.

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Appendices:
1. Two Mounties appeal court ruling about Taser inquiry, Neal Hall, July 1 2009.
2. RCMP officers appeal ruling on Taser inquiry's jurisdiction, CBC, Tuesday June 30 2009.
3. Two Mounties appeal court ruling confirming inquiry's authority, Neal Hall, Thursday July 2 2009.
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Two Mounties appeal court ruling about Taser inquiry, Neal Hall, July 1 2009.

VANCOUVER — The lawyers for two of four RCMP officers who confronted Taser victim Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver’s airport in 2007 are appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision that confirmed the Braidwood Inquiry can make findings of misconduct against them.

The lawyers for Constables Bill Bentley and Kwesi Millington filed documents in the B.C. Court of Appeal earlier this week seeking to have the lower court ruling by Justice Arne Silverman quashed.

In his June 15 ruling, Silverman upheld the right of inquiry commissioner Thomas Braidwood to find misconduct by the four Mounties.

The officers’ position is that the Braidwood inquiry, which is probing the death of Dziekanski, 40, after he was Tasered five times, cannot authorize findings of misconduct against members of the RCMP.

Alternatively, the notices of appeal seek a permanent injunction to prevent the commission from continuing any proceedings against Millington and Bentley or making any findings of misconduct until 60 days after the appeal court rules on the matter. No date has been set for the appeal court hearing.

The Braidwood inquiry adjourned until Sept. 22 after an explosive e-mail from a senior commanding RCMP officer surfaced, which said the four Mounties had discussed using a Taser against Dziekanski before arriving at the airport. The e-mail, written by Dick Bent, contradicted the inquiry evidence of the four Mounties, who testified they had no discussions prior to arriving at the airport following a call about an agitated man. Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, had been wandering in the secure arrivals area of the airport for more than eight hours after his flight landed, unable to find his mother.

Braidwood said he was appalled at the last-minute disclosure of the e-mail and said it had to be investigated.


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RCMP officers appeal ruling on Taser inquiry's jurisdiction, CBC, Tuesday June 30 2009.

The four RCMP officers involved in Robert Dziekanski's death will appeal a court decision that allows a provincial public inquiry to make findings of misconduct against them.

The four Mounties challenged commissioner Thomas Braidwood's authority to allege misconduct against officers on the federal police force — something the commissioner has warned he'll consider when he writes his final report.

But a B.C. Supreme Court judge recently dismissed their claims, prompting the officers to take the case to the B.C. Court of Appeal.

A lawyer for the officer who fired the Taser, Const. Kwesi Millington, has already filed his appeal and the others are expected to follow.

David Butcher, who represents Const. Bill Bentley, said the case raises important constitutional questions about a provincial inquiry's authority over federal police officers.

"It involves an analysis of the division of powers between the provincial government and the federal government," said Butcher on Tuesday.

The appeal proceedings will likely unfold at the same time as the Braidwood inquiry into the death of Dziekanski resumes in the fall, said Butcher.

Dziekanski — a Polish immigrant who had just arrived in Canada — died after being jolted several times with a stun gun by RCMP officers at Vancouver International Airport in October 2007.

Prosecutors in B.C. decided last year not to charge the officers, but Braidwood is considering a number of allegations made during the inquiry, including that they lied about what happened at the airport that day.


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Two Mounties appeal court ruling confirming inquiry's authority, Neal Hall, Thursday July 2 2009.

Officers maintain commissioner can't make findings of misconduct

The lawyers for two of four RCMP officers who confronted Taser victim Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver's airport in 2007 are appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision that confirmed the Braidwood Inquiry can make findings of misconduct against them.

The lawyers for Constables Bill Bentley and Kwesi Millington filed documents in the B.C. Court of Appeal earlier this week seeking to have the lower court ruling by Justice Arne Silverman quashed.

In his June 15 ruling, Silverman upheld the right of inquiry commissioner Thomas Braidwood to find misconduct by the four Mounties.

The officers' position is that the Braidwood inquiry, which is probing the death of Dziekanski, 40, after he was Tasered five times, cannot authorize findings of misconduct against members of the RCMP.

Alternatively, the notices of appeal seek a permanent injunction to prevent the commission from continuing any proceedings against Millington and Bentley or making any findings of misconduct until 60 days after the appeal court rules on the matter. No date has been set for the appeal court hearing.

The Braidwood inquiry adjourned until Sept. 22 after an explosive e-mail from a senior commanding RCMP officer surfaced, which said the four Mounties had discussed using a Taser against Dziekanski before arriving at the airport. The e-mail, written by Dick Bent, contradicted the inquiry evidence of the four Mounties, who testified they had no discussions prior to arriving at the airport following a call about an agitated man. Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, had been wandering in the secure arrivals area of the airport for more than eight hours after his flight landed, unable to find his mother.

Braidwood said he was appalled at the last-minute disclosure of the e-mail and said it had to be investigated.



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