Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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A man who took a Jeep that was left running for a joyride is receiving a lighter sentence because of what happened during his arrest.
asserted
what → take → arrest
According to court records, the vehicle belonged to an off-duty police officer.
uncertain
vehicle → accord → officer
On Aug. 21, surveillance video in Surrey captured a man being arrested around 7 p.m. at Whalley Boulevard and 100 Avenue.
asserted
man → capture → Boulevard
It shows a police officer climbing on top of a Jeep and punching the man behind the wheel three times.
asserted
officer → show → wheel
Other officers also responded to the situation.
asserted
officers → respond → situation
A Surrey provincial court recently heard that the off-duty police officer left the vehicle running and went into a building.
asserted
officer → hear → building
Duane Hansen took it and drove away.
It is unclear what police force the off-duty officer is from.
uncertain
officer → take → force
After Hansen’s arrest, he was left with a five-centimetre laceration to his left eyebrow and some other facial injuries, court heard.
asserted
court → leave → eyebrow
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He pleaded guilty to a charge of motor vehicle theft over $5,000.
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He → get → 5,000
However, the severity of the arrest led to a lighter sentence of 60 days in jail for Hansen.
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severity → lead → Hansen
With credit for time served, he has 45 days remaining.
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he → serve → days
Crown counsel Gabriel Edelson said the circumstances of the arrest can be used as a mitigating factor during sentencing and said the Crown took that into account and recommended the 60-day sentence.
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Crown → say → sentence
Judge Jodie Harris said, “I am also taking into account of the circumstances of the arrest,” when handing down the sentence.
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I → say → sentence
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police → investigate → behaviour
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Retired RCMP officer Bruce Pitt-Payne says the arrest needs to be examined and typically that many officers do not respond to a stolen vehicle call.
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officers → arrest → call
“Why was a vehicle left running and accessible, easily accessible to a thief?” he said.
asserted
he → leave → thief
“It then leads me to ask, what was broadcast?
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what → lead → me
Why is it that police officers decided to risk their lives to get into that vehicle in that dangerous way?
asserted
officers → decide → way
Pitt-Payne also said it is extremely dangerous for officers to crawl into a vehicle with a driver inside.
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officers → say → driver
“Police officers have been killed doing this,” he said.
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he → kill → this
“It’s at the level of common sense that that should not be happening.”
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that → ’ → sense
The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner confirms it is investigating the officers’ actions.
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it → confirm → actions
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