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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Anthony Heffernan's killing by police.
He was the drug addict called by the hotel for a wellness check and ended up dead because he had a syringe in his hand. The same officer would go onto shoot the man in the wheelchair with a gun.
This one I think is more 'grey' but there is some serious questions around it. Why was only one officer fearing for his life that he needed to shoot, when the others were happy to try tasers? And how reliable is the ASIRT if they have yet to do anything at all for any of the police shootings? Especially when Calgary is one of the worst on a per-capita basis in North Americar?
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Just a note on your point regarding the Heffernan shooting. ASIRT determined that there was sufficient grounds to charge, it was the crowns office who determined the likelihood of prosecution was so low it did not warrant them taking it to trial. So calling out ASIRT on this one is misguided. Have you gone back to review the ASIRT releases following any of the shootings? They are extremely thorough. For instance below is the link to the last one, give it a read and see. You can go back and read as many as you want to make judgement on them
https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?x...80A50C714C7967