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Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest

Testimony at public hearing into 2015 death of Myles Gray continues

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Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest

What this story says

  • Const. Eric Birzneck testified that Myles Gray did not have a lawful right to resist officers' use of force during his arrest.
  • Myles Gray died in 2015 during an arrest by Vancouver police.
  • Birzneck's testimony is part of a public hearing into Gray's death.

Who covered it

Left 33%(2)Centre 67%(4)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

30/100

Craft

45/100

Hype

20/100

6 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Const. Eric Birzneck testified that Myles Gray did not have a lawful right to repel officers' use of force against him. Birzneck is giving testimony at a public hearing examining Gray's death. Gray died during an arrest by Vancouver police in 2015.

Coverage

Omissions

None of the right-rated reports mentioned the testimony of Const. Eric Birzneck regarding Myles Gray's right to repel officers' use of force.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 15 Oct 2026, 20:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

2 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports led on testimony from Const. Eric Birzneck that Myles Gray did not have a lawful right to repel police use of force. Both reports stated that Gray died during a 2015 arrest by Vancouver police and that Birzneck was testifying at a public hearing into the death.

Centre

4 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports focused on Const. Eric Birzneck's testimony that Myles Gray was not lawfully entitled to resist officers' use of force. All four reports mentioned that Gray died during a 2015 arrest by Vancouver police and that Birzneck's testimony was part of a public hearing into the incident.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 33% are rated left, 67% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest biased?
Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Officer says Myles Gray had no right to resist arrest?
6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did the officer testify about Myles Gray's arrest?
Const. Eric Birzneck testified that Myles Gray did not have a lawful right to repel officers' use of force against him during his arrest. This testimony is part of a public hearing into Gray's death.
When did Myles Gray die?
Myles Gray died in 2015 during an arrest by Vancouver police. His death is currently the subject of a public hearing where officers involved are testifying.
What is the purpose of the public hearing?
The public hearing is examining the circumstances surrounding the death of Myles Gray. Const. Eric Birzneck is one of the officers testifying as part of this inquiry.

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