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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Or they have referred the file to crown, there's little risk of the suspect fleeing or particularly being a threat to the community despite this tragedy, there isn't really a rush
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Except that's not what was said when they got the opportunity to say so. There's a clear lack of transparency in the case, and evidently I'm not the only to see it.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/man-sucker-punc...sses-1.3539565
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Police normally announce that a murder investigation has begun, but there was no such announcement until Wednesday, Aug. 9.
But Josh Paterson of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says police need clear standards to judge what they should say and what they should keep to themselves.
“The public has a right to know” about crimes so that they can judge the effectiveness of their police forces, and to better understand crime so society can come up with ways to deal with it, he said.
“Plenty of people saw this and have questions about what went down. Generally the bias should be in favour of publicly releasing information,” he said.
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Again, a month went by after a young man was killed and there was nothing said by the RCMP until a journalist contacted the police. Their response was pretty much "Eh, we're looking into it." That's not standard in the slightest.