Path: utzoo!utgpu!lsuc!hcr!paulg
From: paulg@hcr.UUCP (Paul Gooderham)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: Toronto Police
Message-ID: <4742@hcr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Jan-89 11:11:20 EST
Article-I.D.: hcr.4742
References: <157@aimed.UUCP> <4674@hcr.UUCP> <89Jan23.093655est.38021@neat.ai.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: paulg@hcrvax.UUCP (Paul Gooderham)
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Summary: 

In article <89Jan23.093655est.38021@neat.ai.toronto.edu> derome@neat.ai.toronto.edu.UUCP writes:
>In my uderstanding, the policemen (man?) shot in the back of
>the car. Perhaps, this was not self-defense. We will see what 
>the justice has to say.

In my understanding, the police shot at the *tires* of the stolen car
and that a ricocheted bullet struck the young driver.

If it is police procedure to stop a stolen car fleeing from the scene 
of a crime by shooting at its tires and if someone is killed by
accident, then no charges should be laid.  Of course a case
could be made to change police procedure.  Unfortunately, I
am not familiar with the details of police procedure.

In any case, an *investigation* should lead to charges.  Not a
politician's fear of losing the ethnic vote.

Paul J. Gooderham