BATHURST, N.B.—A New Brunswick arbitrator has dismissed alleged code of conduct breaches by two Bathurst, N.B., police officers who were involved in a fatal shooting almost five years ago. As police confronted the couple, one officer was pinned between the couple’s white 2013 Chevrolet Cruze vehicle and a snowbank. In a decision released Tuesday, arbitrator Joel Michaud rejected civilian evidence that Vienneau’s car had stopped moving by the time officers shot at it, noting the witness who said that had poor eyesight. I think the version of the two officers is more reliable,” Michaud wrote in the decision. The decision finds Vienneau and Basque sincerely believed they weren’t being confronted by police officers, and the arbitrator also says he doesn’t know what was going through Vienneau’s mind.

Source: thestar December 24, 2019 20:03 UTC