To me the reaction by senior RCMP managers to recent videos showing police officers beating people up is more disturbing than the actual violence to the citizens involved. Comments citing that these were normal police responses is absolute nonsense and shows me that there is something seriously wrong with the RCMP.
It makes you wonder what goes on when there is no video evidence available.
Now the RCMP are very concerned about the video dragging a young female student down the hall at UBC in Kelowna. Concerned about what? The dragging, the stepping on the head, the hair pulling?
Now the police from Abbotsford are going to investigate. This in my opinion is part of the problem. An unbiased fair review will be forthcoming I am sure.
Perhaps the next time there is a problem with gangs in Vancouver we send in a gang from Winnipeg to investigate and give us an unbiased fair review.
Something needs to change. Maybe it’s time for us as citizens to give the RCMP an unbiased fair review. It is long overdue!
Patrick Boyle, Kelowna