21 March 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Ex-Mountie convicted of perjury after Vancouver taser-death inquiry

source: The Globe & Mail
published: 20 March 2015

A former Mountie who was involved in Robert Dziekanski’s death and was later held up by the force as an example of a bad apple within its ranks was convicted on Friday of perjury for his testimony at a public inquiry.

Former corporal Benjamin (Monty) Robinson was charged along with three other officers for their testimony at hearings that examined what happened when Mr. Dziekanski was stunned with a taser at Vancouver’s airport and died in October, 2007.

11 February 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

High-powered attorney calls for renewed investigation into Chavis Carter death

source: Region 8 News
published: 11 February 2015

Tuesday night served as a call for a renewed investigation and more attention for the Chavis Carter case.

“When people feel like they cannot trust the local law enforcement authorities, they turn to the federal government to say we want equal justice too,” Benjamin Crump said at New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Jonesboro Tuesday evening.

Crump is connected to high-profile cases like Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.

Carter’s family, now with Crump on the case, is cautiously optimistic that the Jonesboro Police Department will be properly investigated and reviewed.

8 February 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Habib Ullah officer ‘had had no training in searching suspects’ mouths’

source: Bucks Free Press
published: 6 February 2015

A police officer involved in the restraint of a man who died in police custody told an inquest he had received no training in how to search for an item concealed in someone’s mouth.

DC Richard Bazeley was one of a number of Thames Valley Police officers who restrained Habib Ullah during a stop and search in High Wycombe, during which a packet of drugs became lodged in Mr Ullah’s throat.

During the restraint Mr Ullah was repeatedly slapped on the back to get him to cough up the packet, before another officer tried to prise his mouth open, the inquest heard on Tuesday.