CBC News: Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013)

<p>From the article <em>Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013)</em>:</p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">Canadian authorities are being warned about a controversial U.S.-based "police psychologist" who critics say provides advocacy testimony for officers accused of wrongful shootings. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">Bill Lewinski, a self-proclaimed authority in police use of force, has testified as an expert exclusively for police officers in as many as 75 cases in the United States since 1990. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">More recently, he has testified in at least three cases in Canada, including two in Alberta. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">He has also conducted use-of-force training for police officers from Edmonton and Calgary. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">But American critics question Lewinski’s credentials, his research and h</span><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">is testimony. </span></p></blockquote><p>[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"drupalimc_large","fid":"14256","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"270","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"270"}}]]</p>

<p>From the article <em>Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013)</em>:</p> <blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">Canadian authorities are being warned about a controversial U.S.-based "police psychologist" who critics say provides advocacy testimony for officers accused of wrongful shootings. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">Bill Lewinski, a self-proclaimed authority in police use of force, has testified as an expert exclusively for police officers in as many as 75 cases in the United States since 1990. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">More recently, he has testified in at least three cases in Canada, including two in Alberta. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">He has also conducted use-of-force training for police officers from Edmonton and Calgary. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">But American critics question Lewinski’s credentials, his research and h</span><span style="font-size: 9.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(20.000000%, 20.000000%, 20.000000%)">is testimony. </span></p> </blockquote> <p><div class="media media-element-container media-drupalimc_large"><div id="file-14256" class="file file-default file-application-pdf"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/file/14256">Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert.pdf</a></h2> <div class="content"> <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/Canada%20warned%20about%20controversial%20police%20shooting%20expert.pdf" alt="" class="media-image" height="270" width="270"><img width="270" height="270" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_thumbnail/public/media-icons/default/application-octet-stream.png?itok=FJGVP5SF" alt="" /><br>Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert.pdf</a> </div> </div> </div></p>