More than nine years after her brother was killed during an arrest by Vancouver police officers, Melissa Gray is losing hope that her family will get justice after the officers involved have once again avoided discipline.
“Where’s the accountability?” said Gray.
The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner said it was reviewing the decision over the 2015 death of Gray, which was classified as a homicide by a coroner’s inquest last year.
A pathologist told the inquest Gray died of cardiopulmonary arrest, complicated by police actions including “neck compression,” blunt force injuries, the use of pepper spray and holding Gray on his stomach while his arms were handcuffed behind his back.
The commissioner said in a statement on Thursday that the discipline proceeding under Delta police Chief Neil Dubord found none of the seven officers committed misconduct, and allegations of abuse of authority were not proven.
“It just proved you can essentially murder someone and get away with it,” said Gray.
Her brother Myles, who …