tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post7452263581255130648..comments2024-03-28T15:45:27.890-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: Pickton's victims' families to get $50K eachDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-89192835703168149062014-03-22T01:39:06.834-07:002014-03-22T01:39:06.834-07:00Grant Wakefield was employed as an agent to do sur...Grant Wakefield was employed as an agent to do surveillance of the Pickton farm for the VPD August 1999. The VPD terminated his contract September 1999 because they no longer considered Robert Pickton to be a suspect in the missing women case. That contradicts the police’s claims that Pickton wasn’t a suspect until much later on. Someone higher up pulled the plug on the investigation just like in the Western Wind bust. That means the police assume a certain amount of legal liability for murders committed on the farm after they pulled then plug on the investigation. http://gangstersout.blogspot.ca/2013/05/family-of-pickton-victims-sue-for.html<br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-74115157766345048672014-03-18T09:49:18.042-07:002014-03-18T09:49:18.042-07:00I believe the basis of the lawsuit was that the au...I believe the basis of the lawsuit was that the authorities failed to warn the women on the downtown eastside that a serial killer was on the loose. There was also an issue raised as to the approach police took to inform the families that their missing loved ones might be linked to the Pickton case. The reason it took so long to solve the case might have been a bit of disengagement of the authorities due to the nature of the victims. That could be a source of embarrassment to the Crown and the police. ergo.... settle out of course for 50K each to appease the families and leave the dust under the rug.Finnigan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015143643809185645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-74071904538632262152014-03-18T05:33:25.078-07:002014-03-18T05:33:25.078-07:00Normally compensation in a civil wrongful death su...Normally compensation in a civil wrongful death suit would come from the one's responsible for the murder. Like suing someone for lost wages in a car accident or when ICBC awards damages. Dain's wife could easily sue the Hells Angles for wrongful death. However, in this case a settlement paid out by the government would imply some kind of negligence on behalf of the police and something to hide in a full trial going public.<br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-45625407569094356112014-03-18T00:55:17.607-07:002014-03-18T00:55:17.607-07:00Why do the victims receive any settlement at all? ...Why do the victims receive any settlement at all? I mean, isnt his incarceration settlement enough?Johnny Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547845240826798547noreply@blogger.com