...seems they were being very careful with this interview and with Koester,but maybe that's just me?
Koester sure doesn't remember much and it seem's to me the interviewer is feeding him questions that are a bit leading.
And not much detail on the actual fight.
Guess he just doesn't remember, but has he blocked it out or what?
What is the reason for this?

PTSD is a possibility.

I do agree with PTSD to certian extent owl, but I would feel a lot better if there were not so many obviously untouchable and overlooked areas.
The questions simply to not generate enough information to get an accurate picture on what actually happened and no matter how many times I read this statement,I can't shake that feeling.
And in my opinion,I think that may be the whole point to the RCMP's case?
Creat reasonable doubt?
And another thing that bothers me?
Is a coroner qualified to make decisions on what is admissable and what is not?
Who is he getting his legal information or advice from on what to allow and what not to allow?

Pattered him down... found wallet,nothing else but there was a full beer in the room! Hmmmm.

Be aware: over 30% of all persons arrested in BC are released prior to a court appearance, and on the orders of Crown Counsel. Prosecutors will read the Report to Crown Counsel, and then either register a charge (cops can't do that in BC), or defer the report back to police with a "more information" request. In almost 100% of cases, cops shelve same for the statutory 6 month "investigation" period, and then cold case the file. The average Canadian cop produces only 1 conviction per month; most arrests are done to either meet quotas, abuse social marginals or assert authority. Most arrests and investigative detentions by police are done without the requisite objective necessity or subjective cause (see "Storrey" Supreme Court of Canada). And BC cops are the bottom of the policing barrel, not only in Canada but in the entire Free World. A BC cop is void of public purpose.

While the Prosecutor's Manual - available at the Law Library on Smithe Street, Vancouver - imposes on prosecutors an obligation to report to independent police services, evidence of false arrests and excessive force committed by cops, they do not. The consequence of prosecutorial accession to cop crime is: false arrest and excessive force have become the norm.

In the case of Ian Bush, an Obstruction of Justice charge would have required evidence of an intent to delay or defeat justice, with a present ability to effect same. Most cops keep a copy of Carswell's "Police Officer Manual," which includes the elements of most crimes. If Koester was uncertain, then he had the obligation to phone duty counsel (available 24-7) to seek information of chargeability. There can be no doubt: Koester had no intention of producing a Report to Crown Counsel. He arrested Ian Bush because the man goofed on him. He deprived a man of liberty and then took his life, for both personal and group reasons, non of which are framed by the rule of law.

As for the transcript of the police questioning of Koester, it was an exculpatory circus. Due probative inquiry into inculpatory factors was abridged. In fact, in a just sytem the interrogators would be convicted of Obstruction of Justice and Breach of Trust. If any poster here is ever arrested, your treatment will be inculpatory. Even if released, details of the arrest will appear on the Solicitor General's database (CORNET), available to ANYONE who may assess your employment application to either a government position, or a government regulated job. CORNET data is secret and you will NEVER be informed of reasons why you have been deprived of the liberty of earning a living. You will NEVER work in a casino, liquor store, security position, school, government agency, or any of the 30% of BC jobs that are under government control. Defence against false arrest is not available to you. CORNET smears will be deemed to be gospel, and nobody will question police conduct. Court petitions or lawsuits will be futile.

Please see my comments on a local Houston blog. I refer to the case of Michael Jacobsen, who was crippled by Vancouver cops after he gave a false name to a duty officer. I posted sections of the actual Royal Commission report into the cop battery and coverup.

http://bloggingatthebigdog.blog.com/

Andyfreeze:

Are Coroner's qualified? BCIT records reveal that anyone who passes a 20 week course can work as a Coroner. However, given that course modules overlap police training, a cop can train in as little as 80 days. In fact, Larry Campbell, former Vancouver city cop then Coroner then Mayor then Senator, trained as a Coroner in only a few weeks. Much of the laughable garbage on "Da Vinci's Inquest" was the product of Campbell's cop doormat consultation on that show.

CORONERS ARE NOT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. Coroners are coffee-fetchers for cops. A first class Detective makes $75,000 per year in Vancouver; a Coroner makes $71,000. Incredibly, Larry Campbell has been appointed as Medical consultant to the Goudge Inquiry into falsifications of forensic examinations as made by Charlie Smith. Smith's atrocities were inflicted in 3 different provinces; he was the go to guy when zealous prosecutors needed a wrongful conviction. Whether he was a Coroner or Mayor, Larry Campbell has NEVER questioned a cop account, PERIOD. I tried to raise the issues of Campbell's negligent schooling and cop-centrism, in a letter to the Vancouver Sun. As usual, they sandbag any criticism of the police crime family in BC. BC residents should rise up against the totalitarian dictatorship that the elite is creating in the province.

Thanks Truth, for the reply!
That is exactly what I am uncomfortable with when it come to allowing evidence to be heard.

Check out this video of cop brutality. Cops passed this among themselves for their amusement, until it leaked:

http://athens.indymedia.org/features.php3?id=477

This is in Greece. Just wondering where you picked up your hatred of the police? You sure don't seem to let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Truth, your comments are definitely interesting to read. Would you mind telling us where you are getting your information from so that we can verify it for ourselves, rather than having to wonder if it is true or not?

Belvedere:

I have sued police services in both Ontario and BC, and acquired a huge database in those regards. The best studies of inherent police corruption are: Richard Ericson's "Reproducing Order"; Jerome Skolnick's "Justice Without Trial." See these websites:

http://www.parc.info/special_independent_commissionsblue_ribbon_reports.chtml

http://policeabuse.org/

I won't reply to the ad hominem vomit posted by the other alleged human. Over 100,000,000 innocent civilians were murdered by government agents in the 20th century; that is cause for limiting cop powers. Jackboot lickers see otherwise.

See how RCMP leaches wasted $2 billion of Firearms scare money:

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/01/05/2001bcsc0579.htm

Notice how the "investigator" spent over 200 hours (!) on one case. And the goof on the bench, used cop's witch hunt reportage to override bona psychiatric testimony. Proper? Dangerous Offender status requires pyschiatric testimony; this robed moron values cop vomit at a higher rate. At it gets worse, the same money-burning cop was named as a witness in a threat to murder incident.

http://www.lowe.ca/Rick/FirearmsLegislation/ReportMagazine.htm

Is that the best you can do? provide links to American websites and include your bizarre interpretation of a supreme court decision. Could you share with us your successful lawsuits? I assume they are of public record . I'm pretty confident that I will only receive some sort of insult from you rather than a straightforward answer.

Wow troll...you'll argue with anybody. I don't feel so special any more.

:-(

Just wondering if he will enlighten us with his massive database and numerous lawsuits.Hopefully, we can all learn a thing or two.

I don't hold out a lot of hope.