Mayor says he supports RCMP's conclusion as Kamloops Mounties clear Castanet editor of assault allegation (Kamloops)

Mayor says he supports RCMP's conclusion as Kamloops Mounties clear Castanet editor of assault allegation (Kamloops)

UPDATE: 6 p.m. Reached via text message for comment on the result of the investigation, Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson told Castanet he supports the RCMP's decision. 'Hopefully he [Petruk] will take the correct path. Be an unbiased journalist moving forward. He has a wife and young family and I s...

Kamloops mayor calls journalist an 'enemy' and 'biased' after criminal probe dropped

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Kamloops Mounties dismiss mayor’s assault claims against local journalist

A claim of assault trotted into the Kamloops RCMP Detachment by the city’s mayor late last month claiming a local journalist had “assaulted” him has failed to live up to Reid Hamer-Jackson’s expectations. Kamloops RCMP late Wednesday issued a statement, clearing Castanet Kamloops News Director Tim Petruk of any criminal intent or wrongdoing connected to the incident late last month. “An investigation into an alleged assault at a bar involving a …

Kamloops RCMP not recommending charges in alleged assault on city official

Charges will not be recommended in an alleged assault investigation involving a City of Kamloops official. The Kamloops RCMP say the alleged assault was reported at the end of June by another city official. Although the police do not share names, reports from that time show that mayor Hamer-Jackson alleged a local journalist of assault at a downtown bar. On Wednesday, the Kamloops RCMP concluded their investigation. In a news release the RCMP sa…