The Ubyssey
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issued: 2002-11-05
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note: www.ubyssey.bc.ca Tuesday, November 5, 2002 Volume 84 Issue 18 r\)'V? Chemical burn since 1918 ..'Lev ■ i-i i;«w • • • r- fc * * \ m * *_.m-~\ k * «| ' ■ • 7 . ir- /**. *. ' - J *^ > ' ■ ._. *" ■ • * -a- * . _, , --V. ' <'. - -'\ ■vyy ; ; - }« * -i it . ".; ■- ■: I , • .- 1 *■ * J ■' "" ' ■ '/■""\"' \':-'V- ^ *«' -. I -. 1 -" -*-* ■■-*■- s •» j. * t. Report, legal statements assert widespread torture, beatings TO SERVE AND PROTECT: Katrina Pacey helped write a report that says the VPD isn't doing it. mic fensom photo by Anna King COPY EDITOR Excessive police violence and abuses of power are frequent occurences in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), states a recently released report At a press conference held October 29 by the Pivot Legal Society, an organisation that aims to defend the interests of marginalised persons through legal means, individuals described witnessing and being victim to beatings by members of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD). Jill Weiss, the director of a nonprofit society and recipient of a YMCA Women of Distinction Award, said she was driving through ihe DTES when she saw two police officers beating an unarmed man. "One [police officer] held [the man] down while the other hit him repeatedly with a baton. All during the beating I never saw the man on the ground hit back,* Weiss said. Weiss said she got out of her car and she and a friend told the police officers to stop. "Then [the police] pepper-sprayed us and shoved me up against the wall," said Weiss, who is confined to a wheelchair. Weiss, who doesn't live in the DTES, said the experience revealed See "Pivot"page 2. by Kathleen Deering NEWS EDITOR Community and university groups are joining together to express their concerns about diniinished ice time at UBC hockey rinks. They worry this might happen if the Vancouver- Whistler bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics is successful. Central to their concerns is the resolution by UBC's Board of Governors (BoG) that gives preliminary support for a…
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language: English
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