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Another Cyclist Dead after Police in Quebec Run-over him Twice

posted by janrinok on Friday September 05 2014, @08:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the unbelievable-inexcusable-unforgivable dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

CBC is reporting

Witnesses told Radio-Canada that they saw the man in his 50s biking in the wrong direction and that officers in the car tried to intercept him. They said they saw the cruiser back up and trap the cyclist under the car. Beaulieu said he saw the officers get out of the car, saw the man caught under the wheels, then get back into the patrol car and roll over the victim a second time. Other witnesses corroborated his account.

Another witness, who gave his name as Daniel, said he heard police tell the cyclist that he was under arrest. “He was spitting blood,” the witness said. Police put him in the ambulance without putting him on a stretcher first, he continued.

Provincial police will also look into the fact that the patrol car and the bicycle were moved from the scene. The officers under investigation picked up the bike and put it in the trunk of their car, and later put it back at the scene.

This seems another example of complete ignorance of lethality of cars vs. pedestrians or cyclists. Can bicycles co-exist with car traffic on our roads, or are segregated bike lanes the only answer?

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 05 2014, @09:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 05 2014, @09:58PM (#89987)
    I live nearby. The full story is that it actually happened on a one-way street and it wasn't because he was going in the wrong direction. He was sitting on a bench and the police called to him, but he got on his bike and left, so they reversed into the one-way and because of their excessive speed, rolled over him. I've heard the police are overly active in this neighbourhood, where many homeless are present. http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/faitsdivers/archives/2014/09/20140905-085239.html [tvanouvelles.ca] (in French)
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 05 2014, @10:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 05 2014, @10:47PM (#90008)

    Seems that the only reasonable thing to do is to stay very far away from police there. Running someone over twice, killing them and corrupting evidence just for that. For your sake I hope you will never be in sight of a police officer.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @02:17AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @02:17AM (#90072)

      And they wonder why even the innocent runs from the cops.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @12:04PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @12:04PM (#90162)
        Because the innocents can shoot them?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @01:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @01:33PM (#90735)

      the corrupting evidence on a crime they did, is a confession of guilt as far as I'm concerned

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @03:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @03:05AM (#90086)

    Sounds a little bit like he did something stupid - a misdemeanor, but they are criminally negligent, guilty of all sorts of crimes.