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Widow Of Don Lewis Makes Recommendations To Jury

By 250 News

Saturday, June 07, 2008 04:58 AM

Williams Lake, B.C - The Coroner’s Inquest hearing testimony into the death of Don Lewis at McLeese Lake on August 13th, 2006 has been adjourned until Monday to hear from the chief investigating officer Sgt. Rick Murray and to hear the closing comments in the inquest.

Sara Lewis took the stand on her own behalf today to tell the jury that she loved Don Lewis every much and told of their difficulty in Lewis getting Canadian citizenship and her inability to be able to immigrate to the USA because she had three children from a previous marriage.

She asked the jury that they consider a recommendation the police not investigate themselves. She also asked that the jury recommend that better phone service is made available for the police officers operating in the Mcleese Lake area saying that her husband could have been saved had there been better communication.

Lewis bled to death, handcuffed to a tree,  while the  police officer who shot him left the scene to get help.

The jury has requested that it be allowed to have at least 6 hours for deliberations.


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Comment Posted by: PGDriver on June 7 2008 7:48 AM
Here's another recommendation..... don't start a fight with a police officer with a gun just because he's asking you some questions.
Comment Posted by: michael on June 7 2008 8:10 AM
The guy was 5 foot 4 inches and weighed 130 pounds. Sounds like he ran into the school bully.
Comment Posted by: lostfaith on June 7 2008 12:20 PM
Lets arm the RCMP with lethal tasers but not with sat phones.

PGdriver was there and witnessed this guy start a fight with the cop, why are you not involved with the inquest PGdriver?
Comment Posted by: lmorg on June 7 2008 2:31 PM
The cop wasn't much bigger either.
Comment Posted by: Truth on June 7 2008 7:48 PM
I walk by 2 Vancouver night clubs on a frequent basis. I have seen numerous occasions where bouncers have done the bum's rush on large trouble makers.

Face it: the type of people who become cops do NOT want to do the physical work involved with an arrest. They accept nothing but full compliance or subjection to either intermediate or lethal force. I attended the Taser inquiry. Cop after cop rejected what the called the "wrestling to the ground method."

So you think cops execute a lot of arrests? Cop work yields on average 1 conviction per unit per month, and 1 incarceration per unit per year.

CONCLUSION: COPS ARE LAZY SLUGS WHO DON'T WANT TO WORK. WE ARE GETTING A BILL OF GOODS FOR THEIR USELESS WORK PRODUCT.
Comment Posted by: MrPG on June 8 2008 1:29 PM
PGDriver is right on the money. The police have thousands of interactions with the public every day without incident, and you never hear about those.

Don Lewis is the only person responsible for his fate.
Comment Posted by: lostfaith on June 8 2008 10:37 PM
Posted by: MrPG on June 8 2008 1:29 PM
PGDriver is right on the money. The police have thousands of interactions with the public every day without incident, and you never hear about those.

Don Lewis is the only person responsible for his fate.


And you were there as well I see MrPG.
Why did you not testify at the inquiry?