VPD Officer will not be charged for shooting man

[krazykat88]

No charge against Vancouver officer who shot man
Const. David Chipperfield said he did not know man had been disarmed

A Vancouver police officer who repeatedly fired at a man and killed him with a shot to the head nearly five years ago will not be charged.

Police Complaint Commissioner Stan Lowe said Monday that extensive investigations have not

Comments

[layweed]

Shooting someone ("wielding" a bicycle chain) 7 times, and then shotting him once more in the head even after his partner told him to hold fire, isn't considered excessive use of force? What idiotic, hair-brained investigators came to this conclusion?

[mirhanda]

Sounds like the same ilk as the ones who think chasing down and shooting a kid is "self-defense."

[sweetemerald513]

Oh of course he won't be charged. Of fucking course. He only shot the man, what, eight times? It was all just a big misunderstanding, right?!

My condolences to Mr. Boyd's family =/

[tnganon]

god this is reminiscent of edmond yu and so many others. it's disgusting how willing the police are to shoot the people they're supposedly protecting.

and eight goddamn shots makes it pretty clear the police officer wasn't just trying to disable boyd.

[tnganon]

also could we get a mental illness tag on this, by any chance?

[tabaqui]

Holy crap.
If that's not excessive use of force an just - over the top asshattery, i don't know what is. Jayzus.