Apologies not enough, Wu's lawyer says

The lawyer for a Vancouver man beaten at his home by city police who went to the wrong address to respond to a domestic-dispute call says apologies by the city’s police chief do not go far enough in the case.

Cameron Ward’s comments, in a brief e-mail statement, came a day after Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu announced that police in nearby Delta will take over an ongoing internal investigation into the case.

The chief personally apologized to the victim, Yao Wei Wu, hours after the incident last week and issued two public apologies – the most recent on Friday.

“When police officers respond to the wrong address, that is a mistake. When they respond to the wrong address and assault a totally innocent occupant of the premises without provocation, that is much more serious than just ‘a mistake,’ “ Mr. Ward said from New Zealand where he is on vacation.

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Let's see the government finally get tough on criminals and send the perpetrators of criminal acts to jail. Stop with this politically unacceptable type of attitude!

Send the buggers to jail!