To give the police a carte blanche to act as judge and executioner and then be backed up by the crown prosecutor and peers with the less than flimsy excuse of self defence reeks of conspiracy through our justice system.
To execute a man who is kneeling down with his hands on the ground could hardly be taken as a threat to a police officer. As in other, similar cases, such as Mr. Dziekanski’s.
As a former police officer in Germany, I question the training methods of police officers in Canada, whose only method of dealing with an agitated individual of the public is to use lethal force.
Further, I question the method of selecting applicants, some of which can only be described as common thugs who are let loose on the public to instill fear and disgust, when a police officer should serve and protect the public and earn its respect and trust.
Rolf Loth
Penticton
