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British Columbia: Police Murder Human (Corporate Propaganda)

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Jul 05, 2008 16:15

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B.C. man who died after arrest had criminal history

CTV.ca News Staff - Wed. Jul. 2 2008
 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080702...

A B.C. man who died after an apparent scuffle with RCMP and transit officers had a history of criminal offences, including two convictions for assaulting a police officer.

Officials say Ryan Wagemans, 24, began acting erratically while on a public bus in the Newton area of Surrey, B.C., on Friday.

The driver of the Coast Mountain bus called transit police, who took Wagemans off the vehicle. Surrey RCMP arrived after Wagemans became aggressive, according to officials.

Witnesses say police struggled to subdue Wagemans.

"I seen two transit police, the guy was spitting up something face-down into the ground, struggling to get handcuffs on him," one witness, who did not want to be identified, told CTV British Columbia.

"Then the guy stopped breathing, wasn't moving, so they flipped him over and started pumping his chest."

Wagemans was taken to hospital but died on Tuesday. The RCMP Integrated Homicide Unit is now investigating the incident.

Wagemans, of Langley, B.C., had a criminal history involving altercations with police officers.

Court records from July 2006 show he was charged with obstructing a peace officer and assaulting a police officer. He was also found guilty of two counts of assaulting an officer in September 2007.

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