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Late Article #2, May 15, 2011

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Late Article #1, May 15, 2011

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= = = = =City of Seattle pays $1.5 million to family of Vancouver Island man shot by police=

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Posted by Kayla Smaill
** The Vancouver Sun **

__ Summary: __
===On August 30th 2010, John T. Williams, a First Nations wood carver was shot four times by 28 year old Seattle police officer Ian Birk. Birk was driving his patrol car and saw Williams crossing the street while carrying a large knife and a piece of wood, Birk then got out and ordered Williams three times to put down the knife and when Williams didn't respond Birk shot him. Birk defended his actions by saying that Williams looked very serious and threatening, even though witnesses disagree and say that he showed no threat. Officer Birk then later resigned from his position in February, but then was formally fired by Police Chief John Diaz for misconduct. The city of Seattle then gave the devastated Williams family 1.25 million dollars and 250 000 dollars to the tribe they belonged to, the Ditidaht tribe. The Williams family didn't formally file a lawsuit for John's death, but they were ready to file a federal suit. Now the eight members of the Jury are having mixed feeling about the case, and are unsure if Birk's actions were unjust. ===

__ Reaction: __
=== I think that Ian Birk should be charged for his crime he commited because he should've given John William more time to put down the knife and he should've considered that he didn't look like much of a threat. ===

posted by sam choi
=New driving law= ===Summay: There was some new laws that came out about teens driving at late nights, beacause there was lots of accidents when teen were driving at late nights... So the new law says all 16-year-old and 17-year-old drivers who are in their first year of independent driving will be restricted from driving from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Previous restrictions allowed teens to drive until midnight.===

===Reaction: I think this law is safe and helpful beacause teens might fool around when driving at night and i dont think their good enough to drive through streets at midnight, because someon can get injured bad=== =Group #6, April 17, 2011 = Posted by Sandra Pereira

Guilty verdict in 1998 Surrey murder []

__The Now Newspaper__
Summary: A 53 year-old man from New Westminster had just recently been found guilty of the murder of Vic Fraser, 43, on March 10, 1998. It is said that the murderer, Gary Donald Johnston, was interrupted in the burglary of a bungalow that belonged to Fraser's sister, Jeanie Fraser, by Vic Fraser himself. Johnston stabbed Fraser nine times in his neck, hit him over his head and kicked his ribs, and waited for him to die. Johnston then left for Regina where he stayed at his friend's house. In November of 1998, he killed a caretaker within his friend's residence. This was because the caretaker had testified against him in a burglary and assault case in 1991. Originally, Johnston was charged with murder, but then pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in jail, plus time served. However, he only did seven. In 2009, undercover RCMP officers posing as gang members enacted scenarios to gain his trust, and as soon as they succeeded, they got a confession from Johnston and soon arrested him for the Fraser murder.

Reaction: I was quite relieved that another killer has been removed from the shadows, in the sense that we could be surrounded by murderers and we aren't even aware. Even though this crime occurred thirteen years ago, it is amazing how the RCMP tracked down evidence and everything they needed in order to make a proper arrest for this case. So yes, there is justice out there, but it may not always be found.

Group #1, April 10, 2011

**Killer teens never got the help they needed**

Summary: Two teens were abused by their parents in their childhood and making them psychopathic. It came to one day that they murdered a young 18 year old girl. On it was caused by msn and facebook and the technology that we use to communicate.

Reaction: Reading the article made me feel bad that the teens were raised better. It wasn't the kid’s fault that they were missed treated. Also I thought that the parents might need better ways to solve problems beside abuse the child. It surprising those kids would murder other kids. It shows that kids take in that they learned while growing up from their parents.



Group#4, March 13, 2011

=Daycare series: Do you know where your children are?= =**__Vancover Sun__**=

Summary:
====There's a women that has a daycare at 16667 24th Ave.She lived in surrey during the fall on Tuesday, September 21.Two licensed officers came to here house for an expection. She was in her 40s with three kids. The officers said "they had a complaint from two of the parents". So she could let them in to expect the house of day care. At first she said " i already had an officer inspect in March". But after awhile the police proceeded her to let them in. One of them went up stares and the other went to a door were it leads to the garage. One kid said "your not allowed in her its a private suit". One glance into the room had said every thing to the officer. There were the kids that they have been looking for all this time. There were about 24 kids in that garage watching a muted t.v on play mates. A licensed daycare should only have 5 kids a time.Not more then that. The women didn't even keep them safe. She didn't feed them, watch over them, and have a safe home for them to play in. A licensed women who didn't follow the law of day care. The law of course were supposed to protect these kids but the women didn't follow the rules on law.====

Reaction:
====I was shocked on what this women did. She was in trusted with the peoples kids to take care of. The women didn't care about these kids the only thing she wanted out of it was money.The way she could make more money was to break the rules on the law it's self. She kidnapped the kids by saying she has a daycare and willing to take care of them. This shows you how people can turn on the law and convince people that they are good people who will take care of you or your family. With the article I read made me thing is our kids and family really safe with other people we know or just met?====

Group#5, March 6, 2011

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