Coroner's Inquest set for man killed by police

Hyatt civil trial adjourned

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A Coroner's Inquest will be held during the week of January 12-16, 2004 into the circumstances surrounding the death of Thomas Evon Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson was shot and killed by two members of the Vancouver Police Department on December 7, 2002 as he sat inside a disabled vehicle on East Pender Street in Vancouver. Mr. Stevenson's family welcomes this development and looks forward to obtaining some answers into how the incident occurred.

The trial of the civil cases brought by four Vancouver residents against the Vancouver Police Department in respect of the so-called "Riot at the Hyatt" has been adjourned generally. The trial was to have commenced September 22, 2003 and was expected to last some eight to ten weeks, since the Defendants planned to call about 70 police officers as witnesses. All of the plaintiffs claimed that they were unlawfully assaulted by members of the VPD's Crowd Control Unit outside the Hyatt Hotel on December 8, 1998.

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The civil lawsuits against the Vancouver Police Department as a result of the so-called "Riot at the Hyatt" in December, 1998 are finally set for trial commencing September 22, 2003 at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Five Vancouver residents, including a lawyer and a teacher, claim members of the VPD's Crowd Control Unit assaulted them and are seeking general and punitive damages. The case is scheduled to be heard by judge and jury and is expected to last several weeks.