This morning, the Globe and Mail website has posted video evidence of brutality by the R.C.M.P. in Kelowna, B.C. The footage, shot by a newsman, shows the authorities pulling over Buddy Tavares, wanted in connection with careless use of a firearm. As he complies with the orders to get out of his vehicle and lie down on the pavement, one of the officers kicks him in the head, for no apparent reason. As one of Tavares' friends says in the video, he is recovering from brain surgery, and the kick could have either killed him or put him into a coma.
The sickening episode can be viewed here.
What bothers me most about this is the eyewitness, the second cop. The assault was committed right in front of his face but what did he do about it? Nothing. When you're cops a crime committed by another cop isn't a crime unless it's unfortunately caught on video.
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