Mounties ready for White Nationalists rally planned for Sunday
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – New Westminster Police and other Lower Mainland police will be watching the Braid SkyTrain station Sunday morning. Posts on-line show a white-pride rally is planned there for 11...
View ArticleRCMP contract to be questioned on civil liberties tour
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The province is still negotiating with the RCMP about renewing its provincial contract for another 20 years, and civil libertarians will soon be touring B.C. to find out what...
View ArticleBCCLA province-wide tour about policing starts today
MERRITT (NEWS1130) – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is touring communities in the Interior asking people what they think of their police service. Merritt is the first stop on the 14-city tour...
View ArticleCivil Liberties: Small town B.C. less likely to support provincial police force
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Now that the B.C. Civil Liberties Association has wrapped up its tour, it found people in northern B.C. are willing to give the RCMP another chance. However, those in the south...
View ArticleFeds want a Langley man deported
LANGLEY (NEWS1130) – The federal government is trying to deport a man who was involved in the civil war in El Salvador more than 20 years ago. Roughly six months ago Jose Figueroa was told he was...
View ArticleCivil forfeitures deter crooks, millions in assets seized
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Police believe the Civil Forfeitures Program is deterring crooks. According to the Solicitor General more than $5 million in criminal assets was forfeited to the provincial...
View ArticleChallenging solitary confinement in prisons
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Civil Liberties Association is filing a law suit on behalf of a 24-year-old prisoner who has spent most of her four years in prison in solitary confinement. Grace...
View ArticleDavid Eby with the BC Civil Liberties Association speaks live with anchors...
http://pmd.news1130.com/podcast/offbeat/20110322DavidEbyBCCLA.mp3 David Eby with the BC Civil Liberties Association speaks live with anchors Reaon Ford and Dianne Newman
View ArticleCivil Liberties want answers after young boy Tasered
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The latest Tasering incident by the RCMP involves an 11-year-old boy in Prince George. The boy is the suspect in a stabbing Thursday night, and Mounties Tasered him after he...
View ArticleHead of London Drugs still looking for justice after riot
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – One of his stores was among the main targets of Stanley Cup rioters two years ago; the CEO of London Drugs has a lot of praise for how police and the courts have since gone after...
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