Life on Nut Island

With four strokes of a pen, Ontario police officer Ron Heinemann set in motion the disbandment of an elite crime-fighting unit. NMA nominee: Investigative Repoting
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Holly HughesMay 01, 2007 14:00 EST

This article resulted in an immediate subscription. Real investigative journalism is sadly missed, and this journalist inspires hope of its return!

gritmanDecember 23, 2007 17:57 EST

It is odd that Williams reduces any uncertainty about Deane to:
"It could have been any one of the twenty-four TRU members on-site, including Heinemann, who killed George, but Ken Deane was the triggerman, and therefore the perfect scapegoat."

This is completely at odds with the account given in the TV movie "One Dead Indian" and the Wikipedia article on Deane, where the nickname "Tex" was given to Deane by fellow officers as he was supposedly trigger happy.

Additionally, Deane's death by motor vehicle crash, he was "attempting to evade vehicles" stopped for a zero-vis snowstorm (i.e he was without doubt driving too fast) hit a semi and then was killed by another. These facts are consistent with the trigger happy aggressive personality.

Now none of this perspective may be true, but Williams needs to produce strong evidence to the contrary when making claims to the contrary.

AnonymousMarch 21, 2008 13:32 EST

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SONYA HENRY

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