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| Bagnell summary released |
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After waiting for more than fifteen months, Robert Bagnell's family has finally received a police summary of the police investigation into his death, which occurred on June 23, 2004 while he was in Vancouver police custody.
“This summary reveals that the Vancouver police falsified their initial reports, improperly removed crucial evidence from the death scene and then lied to us, all in an attempt to conceal the fact that Taser weapons had been used on Robert just before he died”, stated Patti Gillman, Robert’s sister. “This document confirms our suspicions that there has been a police cover-up. My parents and I are determined to get to the bottom of this, so we are once again asking the Police Complaint Commissioner to immediately let us see the complete investigative report, including autopsy reports, photographs, witness statements, police radio transcripts, and other material. We need to assess whether this summary is a complete whitewash.”
Bagnell family lawyer Cameron Ward has repeatedly asked Police Complaint Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld to provide him with a copy of the full police report, or at least let him read it. "This summary raises more questions than it answers", said Mr. Ward, noting that the summary discloses that Robert Bagnell was shot at least twice as he lay on the floor. As of November 24, 2005, Mr. Ryneveld has refused to disclose the entire investigative report, the autopsy report or the results of electrical tests done on the two Tasers that were used in the shooting of Robert Bagnell.
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Robert Bagnell, 44, died on June 23, 2004. The VPD initially told his family that Robert died of a drug overdose, then a month later revealed to the media that they had Tasered him twice just before he died. Another month after that, the VPD acknowledged that he was not a threat to anyone and that he was not involved in the commission of a crime when they sent an ERT (SWAT) team into the washroom Robert was in. The police said Bagnell was shocked with 50,000 volts so they could "rescue" him from a "fire" in his building. The family doubts these claims, but they have been unable to obtain the autopsy reports or get a coroner's inquest scheduled, even though one is mandatory.
