SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT (SIU) CHARGES COP SHOOTER OF SAMMY YATIN

The seconde degree murder charges may be a no brainer but charging police with murder doesn't happen very often. The trouble is that when it does happen the conviction results are very low; in fact just about zero. Since the SIU was brought into being in 1990 they've charged ten other police officers with either murder or manslaughter. All were acquitted except one who later had his conviction overturned on appeal. Today's Waterloo Region Record has this story "Officer faces murder charge in shooting death".

It would almost appear as if juries are buffaloed into believing that a guilty verdict will open the floodgates to mayhem in their cities. Do they think that the police will suddenly stop doing their jobs as crime fighters if one of their own is appropriately convicted for mudering a citizen? It is a very strange situation but all eyes will be on this case as they have been from the start. Something needs major fixing with our police forces and far too many citizens have died unecessarily already. This is a perversion of what our police are supposed to be. Also to be addressed is the family's concerns about the other police present namely "Over 20 uniformed police officers were present and no one stepped forward to stop the gun shots or offer any mediation". It is a disgrace from start to finish.