VPD officer’s testimony dropped from schedule of Myles Gray death hearing - BERITAJA

A nationalist proceeding successful Vancouver into the police-involved decease of Myles Gray successful 2015 is group to resume aft a six-week adjournment.

But the first grounds from 1 of the Vancouver officers nether investigation for the convulsive confrontation has been dropped from the proceeding schedule, and it’s now unclear if immoderate of the 7 constables will speak.

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner that is conducting the proceeding says “unanticipated scheduling issues” person delayed the commencement of proceedings for respective hours, until 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Instead of receiving witnesser testimony, the proceeding coming will effort to resoluteness the scheduling matters, earlier continuing for the remainder of the week and different 7 days adjacent month.

Const. Eric Birzneck had been connected this week’s witnesser database until a caller schedule was sent retired connected Tuesday, which says clip will beryllium group speech arsenic needed for “evidence from responsive members who take to testify,” but without specifying which of them mightiness speak aliases when.

Gray died during a takedown successful the backyard of a location that near him pinch injuries including a fractured oculus socket, a crushed sound container and ruptured testicles.

His decease was ruled a homicide by coroner’s inquest successful 2023, but a constabulary disciplinary process wished the 7 officers did not perpetrate misconduct, and nary charges person been laid successful Gray’s death.

The nationalist proceeding that began successful January and was requested by Gray’s family is expected to perceive opening statements from the lawyers for each of the officers, but these person besides yet to beryllium scheduled.

The different six constables nether scrutiny for their actions earlier Gray’s decease connected Aug. 13, 2015, are Kory Folkestad, Derek Cain, Josh Wong, Beau Spencer, Hardeep Sahota and Nick Thompson.