StrypeyNov 5

Yesterday's Midweek MediaWatch covered the decision by police not to prosecute Stuff for publishing anonymised audio of the cops during the final minutes of Tom Phillips' life;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=22b39814-2065-4113-a6bd-587235737567

I guess the cops haven't heard of the Streisand Effect. Because the first thing I did upon learning that they didn't want it published, was to go listen to it;

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360819884/police-audio-end-tom-phillips-chase

I doubt I'm the only one who did.

#podcasts #RNZ #MediaWatch #Stuff #StreisandEffect #DeathByCop #TomPhillips

Mediawatch podcast

A critical look at the New Zealand media.

RNZ
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Addendae cont'd

Similar case: police killing due to insufficient mental help resources in B.C.

Fatal shooting of knife-wielding person in crisis by North Vancouver RCMP justified
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/fatal-shooting-of-knife-wielding-person-in-crisis-by-north-vancouver-rcmp-was-justified-iio-finds-1.6506289

* decision met w. frustration by friends, family of deceased
* Dani Cooper shot/killed by North Van RCMP
* Police were called to apartment complex where Cooper lived to respond to 911 calls about a person w. a knife behaving erratically, had entered multiple apartments

#RCMP #DeathByCop #BC

Fatal shooting of knife-wielding person in crisis by North Vancouver RCMP was justified, IIO finds

An oversight agency has concluded that the police shooting of a non-binary activist in North Vancouver last fall was justified, a decision that has been met with frustration by friends and family of the deceased.

British Columbia