§01 — The first account, and the record that broke it

The same four discharge moves that run beneath every case in this series — the Grammar of the Con — run here too, on a human death. Redefine the victim. Swap the doer. Delete the doer. Let the process stand as the verdict. Each first account held until a record the police did not control contradicted it. Read the last column: the break is never a police record.

The death	What was said first	The record that broke it	Spine
Robert Dziekański · YVR · 2007	intoxicated, aggressive; taser a last resort; three officers	▶ bystander video (Pritchard)	Robinson perjury conviction, 2015
Sammy Yatim · Toronto · 2013	an advancing threat	▶ bystander video	Forcillo attempted-murder conviction, 2016
Paul Boyd · Vancouver · 2007	still armed, "almost upright"	▶ tourist video (surfaced 2012)	inquest + special prosecutor
Hudson Brooks · Surrey · 2015	an "exchange of shots"; an officer hit	◍ scanner audio: "I shot myself"	IIO; charges stayed
Nona McEwan · Surrey · 2019	implied Randy Crosson killed her	✚ IIO forensics: police bullets	IIO report, 2020
(2017 case) · Lower Mainland	a possible self-inflicted wound	✚ autopsy	IIO reversal, 2017
Dafonte Miller · Whitby · 2016	the victim assaulted / stole	⚖ the charge sheet, read back	Theriault assault conviction, 2020
Dale Culver · Prince George · 2017	—	▶ the video they tried to erase	Dalman obstruction conviction
Regis Korchinski-Paquet · Toronto · 2020	(SIU clearance)	⚑ family account; ongoing dispute	SIU report, 2020