Saturday 24 February 2007

A disturbing story from Fredericton.

There’s a Fredericton blog that I read every so often called “freddybeach cabby”. It’s an interesting look at the world through the eyes of a Fredericton taxi driver.

The most recent entry on his blog is very disturbing. IF it is true (and I have no reason to believe otherwise) then it demands an investigation by the internal affairs department at the Fredericton Police Department.

The entry, entitled “Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof,” was posted on Thursday of this week. It details very inappropriate behaviour by a man who identified himself to the cab driver as a police officer but who refused to provide any identification while verbally abusing the driver and ultimately committing an assault upon his person by slamming a door on the cab driver's leg.

The story is further complicated by the reported actions of the police officers who were called to the scene to investigate.

You can read the details yourself by clicking on either of the above links.

Disturbing is about the gentlest word I can think of to describe the incident and follow-up. For the sake of most police officers out there who are good and decent people, I hope it’s resolved and quickly without further abuse of authority.


(Iv had to remove the link as I HAVE SPOTTED THAT THE BLOG HAS BEEN DELETED, ONLY FOR A SPAMMER TO RE REGISTER IT AND USE IT AS A SPAM BLOG.)