police officers that means more than one police against 1 offender are you telling me we don't train are police force to deal with suspects in non lethal force.More bad publicity for the RCMP they should stick with handing out trafic fines maybe then they could say out of trouble?

Hey fedup!: sure thing until your place gets broken into.
Who knows what happened???? But when you get some goof who is violent and after running suddenly turns around in the dark of night to face two cops and then charges them making some gestures as to take out a knife or something, then what the hell do you think is gonna happen???? Wake up!!

Hey Imorg.....Houston

Yep, they all 3 (cops) feared for their lives?
That must be the reason all 3 got so close to the man before firing bullets. Why didn't one circle and grab the man when he attempted to exit the field? He surely would have been winded.
Always-the cops fear for their lives-but normally someone ends up dead-and it is the citizen. Just like the Houston killing-or McLeese
Lake.
The guys with the big boots, guns, and all that training are scared, so they have no choice but to kill.
Sure simple to lose respect for the R C M P.
It really is a shame, as I remember the days when they were liked and respected.
Times have changed.

One drunken male, UNARMED.
Two or more policemen, armed with pistols, probably pepper spray, and a shotgun at the car. Yep, I think the odds were about even.
After all, you are not supposed to run from the police, or hurt their feelings by taunting them, because they have the right to kill you with their guns. How could they possibly have controlled one UNARMED drunken male?" There was only two of them! You know, a recent study says that what CANADIAN policemen fear the most is a drunken UNARMED male. Another recent study also conducted by people who ought to know better, states that the leading cause of illness among policemen in CANADA is UNARMED drunken males. A third study suggest that the favourite pastime of CANADIAN policemen is to fire their weapons, preferably at UNARMED white males, as long as the suspect is drunk cuz then the odds are even.
If you have read this far, you may be left with the impression that I feel strongly about this topic, I do. My background includes self defense training, where we were taught how to disarm an opponent. Most of us involved in the discipline were ordinary people, with a day job that did not include having to deal with chasing speeders or druggies. The point I attempt to illustrate is that you do not have to shoot someone to restrain them. Kevin St. Arnaud and Ian Bush, to cite recent examples, were NOT ARMED, and were intoxicated. Do the police not receive any self defense training? Or is the calibre of person hired 'for the job' so low that bravery and courage are not in their vocabulary anymore?
Despite what I state above, I respect the institution of the R.C.M.P. and know that there are many fine and brave levelheaded members. Maybe some of their panty waist members should be sent back to the academy for more training, or placed at a desk with a computer, out of harms way. That way, UNARMED people will gwt to live a little longer. I sincerely hope that the officers involved in the shooting of these UNARMED citizens do not get a good nights sleep for the rest of their pusillanimas lives.
metalman.

Sorry for the mistake on my posting-
Should have read 2 cops- 3 shots.
Did one officer fire all 3, or did they both hit their mark-as all 3 were fatal shots.
It is so sad when a young life is taken so needlessly, and with so little cause. No dangerous offender, just a guy with a few beer in him avoiding the law. Not a reason to die.
Should never happen.

The guy was commiting a B&E...so he isnt exactly innocent.

Also...the only stories that we hear about are the ones where the suspect was killed. For every one of those there are probably 10,000 incidents where an intoxicated unarmed person is taken into custody without undue harm.

These police officers face this type of thing everyday. They cannot make the assumption that the person is unarmed. If they do that we will start hearing too many stories of police officers being fatally injured trying to do their jobs (which is a worse scenario).

I do agree that one death is one too many..and this situation deserves to be 100% investigated...but dont jump to conclusions that its always the police officers fault. I know I probably couldnt do the jobs they have to do on a daily basis.

Well-nor could I.
But I would not take on a job unless I felt capable of doing it "justice",(odd expression).
These officers were incapable of assessing the situation, but obviously acted in haste, thereby taking the life of a young man.
They should no longer be dealing with the public, unless it is from behind a desk-and then they do not require guns.
If they are capable of any feelings, they will live with this mindless act all their days.

There is no point arguing with you....you are making assumptions on many things. You were not at the situation in question...you are basing your opinions on a few media releases which is wrong.

If we all believed everything we read in the paper it would be quite an interesting world.

Haven't you heard about more and more cops getting killed everyday? especially here in Canada? The cops have changed or become more "americanized" because the bad guys have changed for the worse..first.

Sure, in your town the RCMP cops are without a doubt part of the community: they play ball, they play hockey on the rec teams, but gone are the days when good ol joe can wade into a bar room brawl and break it up single handed, because the players have changed. Cops are people too, with families, mortgages, etc.....and a little dose of paranoia when confronting a bad guy can mean the difference between coming home in the morning to your wife and kids or ending up in the morgue.

I suggest many of you critics sign up for the auxillary RCMP and ride car for a few months. You and your self-preservation skills. Good luck.

When you have walked a mile in their shoes, come back and let's renew the discussion. To be completely honest, I don't know how they manage.

Personally, I would be bringing in busted up bodies to the hospital more often than the jail. With all the jackass, drunken mouthpieces out there on drugs, nobody is predictable, including the reaction of an RCMP member to a life threatening situation. I know I wouldn't always do the "Right" thing. Chester

I agree to a point with those of you who support the R.C.M.P It is a dirty job, in my opinion, and there are more lunatics on the loose than ever before. Not only because of the latest street drugs, and the rampant crime that accompanies the addicted, but look at the level of gratuitous violence we see around us every day, on television (where, it seems, anything goes) in the movies, in our entertainment (cougars fight club, world wrestling nation, king of the cage) Is is a different world, agreed. BUT-
St. Arnaud was UNARMED!!!
Surely the police are trained to remain calm in these situations, as opposed to panicking and shooting the subject. I would agree with wounding him or shooting into the air as a warning if they SUSPECT he is armed, or reaching for a gun, but it sounds like he had his hands in the air. I still think these cops PANICKED!
metalman.

Yes it's possible. Let's wait and see what the results of the inquest are. No doubt the rcmp must have investigated the shooting...but what were the results???? Shouldnt an independant police agency investigate it?