More Questions Than Answers

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 03:45 AM

-by Ben Meisner

While the news that Ian Bush of Houston was shot in the back of the head was no revelation to the folks at Opinion 250, it reminds us that the questions we posed at the end of October last year, have yet to be answered.

How can a man, who is supposedly being released from the police lock up in Houston, be shot in the back of the head?

If you were struggling with someone, try if you may to pretend you are about to shoot your partner in the back of the head. The first thought is that you run the real risk of shooting yourself with the bullet passing through the intended target. Combine that with the fact that being shot in the back of the head just doesn't click with the story that you were under attack and fired a shot because you feared for your life.

There are a lot of questions floating around in the Houston area on this mess.

Why wasn’t the video monitor operating? It does in most every case as not only a protection to police but to the accused as well.

We all know that Bush may have been over the .08 level, bearing in mind that is the level deemed to cause impairment to driving. Ian wasn't driving. He was returning to the rink from a friends house after having a beer between periods. Being over .08 and using shoe leather is not unlawful. To this end his only mistake was that either he or a friend had a beer in their possession. Word is Bush’s friend passed him the beer before the police arrived.

Has the police officer in question been relieved of his duties and if not why not? Why has it taken police so long to report on the matter, why does it take the lawyer for the family to release details or for that matter Opinion 250?

This incident has left a sour, very sour, taste in the mouths of the people of north central BC who are beginning to wonder if there are two sets of rules in the game of fair chance in this province.

I'm Meisner, and that is one man's opinion.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 03:45 AM in Views by Ben Meisner

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Posted by: Chadermando on February 21 2006 10:33 AM

Ben, your right on about there being two sets of rules to fair chance in this province.

I think part of the problem is we do not have enough local representation in our police force. The force in these parts is mostly made up of Eastern Canadians and minorities that have a built in predjudice against Northern BC as home of hill billies and second class citizens. Talking with some of the local officers its easy to walk away with that impression.

This case is only but one example of police abuse amoung many that never get reported. IMO the RCMP think they are above the law and above question because we have no one that is independently auditing them to account for their conduct.

There public response to the non-judicial execution of Ian Bush is simply not acceptable no matter what their excuss is.

Time Will Tell

Posted by: Marty on February 22 2006 9:30 AM

Remember....those who are not a cop need to follow the rules.

Once you are a cop you can pretty much do whatever you like, and laws seem to become meaningless.

The way they drive the cars our tax dollars pay for.
The conduct.
They stick up for each other no matter what.
if you don't like someone just drive him out into the country beat him senseless and then let him walk back to town...or if not in the Merritt area and stanley park is closer, thats a good area to beat people to i hear.

If you are a regular citizen it seems they generally assume you are guilty till you prove you are innocent....but cops seems to assume they are innocent till they can be proven guilty....which is hard to do since they just make sure the video camea is off and no witnesses are around when they do stuff wrong!

Yes, its a harsh opinion on my behalf....to bad its become this way.