“Expert in police ethics” vs tunnel video
It was reported around the media that the STM was calling in an external expert to investigate the video from last weekend showing several of its security goons dogpiling on one woman, one of whom punched her repeatedly in the head. She had entered the metro without paying.
I’m excerpting here from Alexandre Popovic, who posted this information to Facebook, noting that no francophone media had mentioned it:
Or, le soi-disant « expert indépendant » est un avocat du nom de Marco Gaggino spécialisé… dans la défense de flics cités devant le Comité de déontologie policière.
J’ai appris que Gaggino avait défendu les intérêts de policiers dans pas moins de 84 dossiers en déontologie policière.
Bref, les médias mainstream sont complètement passés à côté du fait que le pseudo « expert indépendant » engagé par la STM défend depuis plus d’un quart de siècles des flics qui ont des démélés avec la déontologie policière. Seul CTV a relevé que Gaggino avait représenté la police québécoise à différentes occasions. Ainsi, la STM s’est bien payé la tête du public avec son histoire d’expert indépendant. Mais ça, vous ne le saurez pas en vous informant auprès des médias mainstream francophones.
In short, the “independent expert” has a long, well attested track record in getting cops out of ethical jams. He’s a friend to the police, hardly independent, yet only CTV mentions that he’s previously represented police on many occasions.
Tee Owe 12:57 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Let’s not forget the severity of her crime, failing to pay her fare on the Metro OMG put this woman away forever, and all credit to these STM officers for protecting society from this horrendous offence – what’s a few punches to the head when we’re looking at a Metro fare. People need to understand how difficult it is for them —- he’ll do a great job
Ephraim 17:58 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Why is it that police still haven’t figured out that they are now always under surveillance. (And you should NEVER go anywhere with a policeman who isn’t under surveillance.) Go through a red light, a Tesla hits their horn and the video is saved, ready to be sent to the commission. There are doorbell cams watching what happens. Cams inside people’s home. And phones everywhere. How long will it take them to realize that they can’t get away with this shit anymore?
ant6n 04:45 on 2021-04-25 Permalink
Well, we’ll see whether they won’t get away with playing robocop.