RCMP officers stood for hours outside Greyhound Bus while a young man’s body was being mutila

By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives September 2, 2008

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Finally. Royal Canadian Police (RCMP) officers, who attended the grisly scene of the young man brutally beheaded on a Greyhound Bus in southern Manitoba, will have to answer why they did not rush alleged killer Vincent Li over a period of several hours.

The answer will be forthcoming if only because a lawsuit against the RCMP, the federal Government, Greyhound and Vincent Li, the accused killer has been launched by the family of 22-year-old victim Tim McLean. This is news of a lawsuit destined to be welcomed by people everywhere who have been talking about the July 30, 2008 gruesome incident that arguably tops the list of real-life horror stories. Trucker Christopher Alguire, an eyewitness to the horror who has come forward, voiced what many have been asking around the summer water cooler, the local supermarket and barbershop: “Why didn’t RCMP at the scene storm the bus after its passengers got out, in order to spare young Tim McLean’s body unspeakable mutilation?” Tim McLean’s mother told the Winnipeg Free Press his family has serious questions about the police conduct and don’t understand why they waited so long to board the bus. More...