Anonymous, a loosely associated worldwide network of activist and acktivist entities, say they will use “vengeance if necessary” to seek justice for a man shot dead by police in Dawson Creek Thursday.
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A police officer suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to hospital, but was expected to be released later that afternoon.
Police said that when they arrived, they encountered a masked man outside the venue and believed he was connected to the complaint.
Police released images of a man who allegedly stabbed and robbed a Surrey taxi driver last month.
The campaign was aimed at getting revenge for the unlawful shooting of a man in a “Guy Fawkes mask” in British Columbia on Thursday.
The group took to social media claiming to have crashed parts of the RCMP website.
@YourAnonNews tweeted to its 1.46 million followers Friday: “Ohai @rcmpgrcpolice we would like to report a murder of one of our comrades by some of your officers”. “We call upon our fellow Anons in Canada to take to the streets and protest at the RCMP headquarters in every province every day until our demands for justice are met. We call upon the global collective of Anonymous and allied crews to remove the RCMP cyber infrastructure from the Internet”.
A man is dead following a shooting at a Site C open house event in Dawson Creek July 16.
Investigators have not confirmed any link between the social media posts and the incident.
She says investigators have conducted several interviews with civilians and witness officers and are obtaining and reviewing video from businesses and witnesses.
The video appeared to show the aftermath of the shooting with two officers standing over a man who was slumped on the ground in a pool of blood.
One officer appears to kick something away from the man, although the object can not be seen on the video (a knife was later recovered at the scene). It has not confirmed the authenticity of the smartphone video.
The IIO has responded to six officer-involved shootings in B.C. since the beginning of April, including in Vancouver, Burnaby, Salmon Arm and Port Hardy.
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