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Several inmates were arrested. Speaking in the provincial legislature, Justice Minister Diana Whalen stated that no such incident had ever before taken place at the facility. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Nova Scotia Government Employees Union criticized the door control system at Waterville for allowing the melee to take place. [ 7 ]
According to a joint report by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the club was in control of "all outlaw motorcycle gang activity in British Columbia" by the mid-1980s. [30] The Hells Angels have since expanded to ten chapters and membership of over a hundred in the province. [31]
Paul Derry, a drug dealer helped the Angels murder a Port of Halifax worker, and agreed to turn Crown's evidence when faced with first degree murder charges. [31] Derry told Sher and Marsden: "In the eye of the public, I come out of this looking like a hitman who got away with murder.
A 17-year-old from Cole Harbour was arrested at 11 am, but was shortly thereafter released from custody due to determination that he had no idea of, nor involvement in the plot. The police learned that it was the trio's intention to go into a public venue and open fire, attempting to kill as many people as possible, before turning the guns on ...
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drug Squad in Vancouver had Ruby Collins under surveillance as part of an investigation into a "heroin problem". One of the officers approached her in a local pub, told her that he was a police officer, and then grabbed her by the throat and in the process dragged her down to the floor in what is known as a "throat hold" used to prevent suspects from ...
Head office of the Correctional Service of Canada in Ottawa. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC; French: Service correctionnel du Canada), also known as Correctional Service Canada or Corrections Canada, is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders sentenced to two years or more. [3]
On July 12, 2019, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court revealed that McGray was the prime suspect in the 1995 murder of Brenda Way, who was found with her neck slashed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Her boyfriend, Glen Assoun, had been convicted and spent 17 years in prison for the crime he always denied. [15] Assoun's conviction was overturned.
Particularly contentious is that the RCMP officers made no attempt to defuse or gain control of the situation before resorting to the Taser. [ 27 ] In August 2007, before Dziekański's death, RCMP changed its protocol on Taser use, suggesting that multiple Taser shocks may be appropriate under certain circumstances.