Demonstration held for Joyce Echaquan
A demonstration was held Saturday afternoon to demand justice for Joyce Echaquan, the Atikamekw woman who made a video record of medical staff in Joliette verbally abusing her as she lay dying.
I don’t say this to doubt her, but no account has explained how the video was known about, or sent from Joyce Echaquan’s phone in her extremity.
Ian 19:31 on 2020-10-03 Permalink
I just figured her family got her phone when she died and one of them knew the password or pattern. Both my kids can do the pattern to unlock my phone.
Kate 19:40 on 2020-10-03 Permalink
Sure. But someone knew to look for a video right away. It was in circulation within 24 hours of her death.
As I say, I don’t say it to doubt her, but no account of the story explains how anyone got the phone and knew to check for a video, so quickly.
dhomas 20:12 on 2020-10-03 Permalink
She broadcast the video on Facebook Live, according to news reports.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-atikamekw-joliette-1.5743449
Kate 20:38 on 2020-10-03 Permalink
There you go. A rare positive data point for Facebook. Thanks, dhomas. I should have read more of the pieces about her. It’s a ferociously impressive act, to livestream your own death as witness to such abuse.
MarcG 09:11 on 2020-10-04 Permalink
I think that if someone I loved died, especially under unusual circumstances, I would be pretty quick to look at their smartphone to see if there was anything worth seeing.