Vancouver Police Hearing Delayed, Family Seeks Accountability

0:00It's May 1st. This is Canada News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. The public hearing into the 2015 police death of Miles Gray and Ben Cooper just got pushed back again, this time until the fall. It's looking at whether seven officers committed misconduct during a violent takedown that left Grey with brutal injuries. The latest snag is one officer's lawyer, Scott Wright, got appointed as a judge in British Columbia's provincial court, so he has to step aside. That means const. Nick Thompson needs time to line up new representation, delaying proceedings that kicked off in January. This isn't the first hiccup adjudicator Elizabeth Arnold Bailey called it, unfortunate, saying the family-requested hearing has been derailed twice by. Stuff nobody saw coming. Earlier a hot mic caught someone dropping an obscenity, forcing another lawyer, Brad Hickford, to resign installing things for weeks. Gray's family has been pushing hard for accountability after years of waiting. Meanwhile, a coroner's inquest last year ruled Gray's death a homicide from fractures,

1:04a crushed voice box, and other severe trauma. But the police disciplinary review cleared the officers of misconduct, and no criminal charges have come down. As this drags into fall, families like Gray's keep waiting for real answers on police conduct, while the force moves forward without fresh.