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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 06:55:50 -0500
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From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tsuu T'ina: inquest Connie & Ty Jacobs
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Thursday, March 11, 1999
Shooting inquiry told not to open
'Pandora's box'
By NOVA PIERSON, CALGARY SUN
TSUU T'INA NATION -- The reputation of the Mountie who
fatally shot Connie and Ty Jacobs is irrelevant, an inquiry into their
deaths heard yesterday.
Under examination by government lawyer Phil Lister, Okotoks
RCMP Const. Steven Whitworth testified Const. Dave Voller was
well-liked by residents of the Tsuu T'ina Nation.
"They responded very well to him," he said. "People would call out
and request him."
That line of questioning was cut short by an objection from Voller's
lawyer, Brian Newton, who said he'd want to call evidence of his
own if reputation became a factor.
"If we go down that road, it opens up a Pandora's box," said
Newton. "It's easy to make comments. Comments are not
necessarily evidence."
On March 22, 1998, Voller exchanged gunfire with Connie, 37,
after being called in to help social workers and a tribal constable
apprehend her children.
Although he didn't know if his shotgun blast had struck her, both
she and son Ty, 9, were killed almost instantly.
Before telling Lister about Voller's reputation, Whitworth testified
he'd heard racist comments at the Okotoks detachment, but none
from Voller.
But lawyers representing other parties at the inquiry agreed with
Newton's objection, saying it would open everyone up for attack.
"What's good for the goose is good for the gander," said Terry
Semenuk, lawyer for Connie Jacobs' husband, Hardy.
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