Home
World
Canada
- BC
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Thunder Bay
- Sudbury
- Windsor
- Toronto
- Ottawa
- Montreal
- NB
- PEI
- NS
- NL
- North
Politics
Health
Arts & Entertainment
- Music
- Film
- Television
- Books
- Media
- Art & Design
- Theatre
Technology & Science
Money
Consumer Life
Diversions
Weather
Your Voice

RCMP complaints head to probe Métis man's jail death

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | 3:19 PM PT

The Canadian Press

Clayton Willey died in police custody in 2003 after being stunned with an RCMP Taser. (CBC)

The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP will examine the 2003 death of a B.C. man who was jolted by an RCMP Taser, after a video of the altercation with police came to light.

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association demanded last week that the raw footage be released publicly, saying the tape they saw of Clayton Willey's death in Prince George appears heavily edited.

B.C. Solicitor General Kash Heed said Wednesday he sent a letter to complaints commissioner Paul Kennedy last week asking him to review the circumstances surrounding the Métis man's death to ensure British Columbians have continued confidence in the RCMP.

Heed said he's seen the RCMP compilation video, but is leaving the decision to Kennedy to publicly release the footage.

Kennedy is examining in-custody, Taser-related deaths and has expanded his investigation to look at whether the RCMP investigation into Willey's death was adequate and free of conflict of interest, and if there is other video evidence.

He will also investigate whether any RCMP member concealed, tampered or modified any evidence, particularly video evidence, relating to Willey's arrest.

Internal Links

Release RCMP video of Métis man who died in custody: B.C. chiefs
Métis man's death due to drugs, not Taser: doctor
3 RCMP officers won't face internal probe in 'tortured' man case

British Columbia Headlines

Explosive chemicals not stolen after all: RCMP: Potentially explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer that appeared to disappear on the eve of the Vancouver Olympics was not stolen, the RCMP say.
Ludwig search warrant cites phone records, letter to EnCana: CBC has obtained a copy of the search warrant executed last month on Wiebo Ludwig's farm near Hythe, Alta., in connection with the investigation into the bombing of natural gas pipeline sites in B.C.
Vancouver tap water vies with Olympic sponsor: Vancouver has started a campaign to encourage Olympic tourists to drink the region's tap water instead of buying bottled water, creating a potential conflict with one of the Games' biggest sponsors.
Olympic spirit will launch B.C. reforms: throne speech: The B.C. government says it will use the province's post-Olympics momentum to drive changes that include offering tax breaks to families with children, reforming education and lobbying Ottawa to amend "Byzantine bureaucratic practices."
Canucks struck down by Lightning: Martin St. Louis had two goals and one assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Canada Headlines

Health costs push Alberta budget deficit to $4.75B: Alberta's Progressive Conservative government is projecting a record $4.75-billion budget deficit and planning cuts in many departments while increasing health-care spending.
Trenton colonel's charges spur cold case review: The 2001 slaying of a Nova Scotia woman at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario is among the cases being re-examined after murder charges were laid against Col. Russell Williams.
Neighbours stunned by arrest of Col. Williams: Ottawa resident Michael Gennis was stunned when he found out his new neighbour, Col. Russell Williams, had been charged with killing two women in eastern Ontario.
Olympic spirit will launch B.C. reforms: throne speech: The B.C. government says it will use the province's post-Olympics momentum to drive changes that include offering tax breaks to families with children, reforming education and lobbying Ottawa to amend "Byzantine bureaucratic practices."
Vancouver tap water vies with Olympic sponsor: Vancouver has started a campaign to encourage Olympic tourists to drink the region's tap water instead of buying bottled water, creating a potential conflict with one of the Games' biggest sponsors.

People who read this also read …

Top CBCNews.ca Headlines

Headlines

Trenton colonel's charges spur cold case review: The 2001 slaying of a Nova Scotia woman at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario is among the cases being re-examined after murder charges were laid against Col. Russell Williams.
Health costs push Alberta budget deficit to $4.75B: Alberta's Progressive Conservative government is projecting a record $4.75-billion budget deficit and planning cuts in many departments while increasing health-care spending.
Ottawa to appeal injection site ruling: The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal a lower court ruling that sanctioned Vancouver's supervised drug injection site.
Haitian man pulled from rubble: A 28-year-old man has been pulled from rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, claiming to have been trapped there since the massive earthquake on Jan. 12.
Tories need plan for isotope shortage: Ignatieff: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff accused the Conservative government of having no plan of action to deal with a medical isotope shortage expected to worsen later this month.