Nov 30, 2011
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nationalpost: Vancouver police task force referred to missing and murdered women as ‘whores,’ inquiry hearsVancouver police officers and staff referred to the missing and murdered women as “hookers” or “whores,” made sexist remarks about female bosses and even disparaged grieving families, but the Vancouver Police Department does not suffer from “systemic bias,” an inquiry heard Tuesday.Vancouver police Deputy Chief Doug LePard, author of a 400-page report critical of the Vancouver police and RCMP handling of the murdered women files, stuck to his guns after eight days of testimony at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.Questioned by Vancouver lawyer Jason Gratl, who read out remarks he called “racist” and “homophobic” plucked from a mountain of Vancouver police documents, LePard insisted most police officers are “disgusted” by overt racism or bias.LePard admitted some terms were “unfortunate” but argued that some pejorative words such as “hooker” were in common usage. LePard said he doesn’t believe the Vancouver Police Department is riddled with “systemic bias” or racism, and that officers who used extremely offensive language were reviled by their peers. (Photo: Wayne Leidenfrost/Postmedia News)

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Vancouver police task force referred to missing and murdered women as ‘whores,’ inquiry hears
Vancouver police officers and staff referred to the missing and murdered women as “hookers” or “whores,” made sexist remarks about female bosses and even disparaged grieving families, but the Vancouver Police Department does not suffer from “systemic bias,” an inquiry heard Tuesday.

Vancouver police Deputy Chief Doug LePard, author of a 400-page report critical of the Vancouver police and RCMP handling of the murdered women files, stuck to his guns after eight days of testimony at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.

Questioned by Vancouver lawyer Jason Gratl, who read out remarks he called “racist” and “homophobic” plucked from a mountain of Vancouver police documents, LePard insisted most police officers are “disgusted” by overt racism or bias.

LePard admitted some terms were “unfortunate” but argued that some pejorative words such as “hooker” were in common usage. LePard said he doesn’t believe the Vancouver Police Department is riddled with “systemic bias” or racism, and that officers who used extremely offensive language were reviled by their peers. (Photo: Wayne Leidenfrost/Postmedia News)

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    I think all of this is perfectly fine.
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    Oh hey, most Toronto news sources haven’t even covered this. Only national ones, like the Post. So fucked up. I’d also...
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    Uggghh fuuuck. One of my BIGGEST peeves is when people (always white people of course) say that there isn’t racism in...
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    what the fuck IS this shit
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    Being a recent resident of Vancouver and around for a lot of this shit… It is bad. And white people in Vancouver still...
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    native women. NATIVE WOMEN.
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    Reblogging because It’s my city and just, why people?
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    I just can’t deal with this country’s failtastic track record right now. *facepalm*
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    Kinda makes you want to launch off fireworks inside the police station, yeah?
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    This is disgusting. The native population, like the US is still being terrorized! And what is worst is that they try...
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