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Report: Vancouver Officers Face Hearing Into GUNS N' ROSES Riot

May 11, 2004

Global BC is reporting that a hearing will open Tuesday (May 11) into allegations of wrongdoing by two Vancouver police officers in controlling unruly crowds during the so-called GUNS N' ROSES riot a year and a half ago.

Lawyers for two men who suffered serious injuries during a riot outside GM Place will argue that police used unnecessary force.

"There's no doubt that they smashed out my client's teeth," said lawyer Phil Rankin, who brought forward one of the complaints that lead to the hearing. "Nobody even disputes that.

"They said that my client was 'perceived to be a danger to the police officers,' and I think that's hogwash."

An internal review of the incident by Vancouver Police Department cleared the officers last year.

But Rankin says he presented victim statements and video evidence that sparked the order for a public hearing by Police Complaint Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld. [Read more]

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