This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. It was a domestic violence call that turned into a deadly standoff in rural southern California. On July 25, 2021, Kern County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas was shot and killed during a standoff that also wounded another police officer. When … [Read more...]
Officer Down: Clark County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeremy Brown
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. Clark County Sheriff's Office Detective Jeremy Brown was shot and killed while conducting surveillance at an apartment complex in the 3500 block of Northeast 109th Avenue in Vancouver, Washington. While he sat in his vehicle, he was approached by three people, … [Read more...]
Memphis Pastor Ricky Floyd Hosts Gun Safety Course for Kids
In May 2021, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, set a record for the number of children shot (20) in a single month. “About half of our gunshot wounds are accidental. I think sometimes we think a lot of our problems we are dealing with are all related to community violence and a lot of them are just unsafe storage,” said Dr. Regan Williams, a Trauma Medical … [Read more...]
Officer Down: Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Josh Bartlett
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. On July 15, 2021, Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Josh Bartlett was murdered during an hours-long SWAT standoff that also left three others injured. The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of our own, tonight, SWAT Commander … [Read more...]
Jared Lowndes Shooting Death: The RCMP Has A Lot to Answer for
On July 8, 2021, Jared Lowndes – wanted for an outstanding warrant for his DNA – was shot and killed by RCMP in the parking lot of a Campbell River Tim Hortons restaurant after evading police after an earlier traffic stop. From the RCMP’s version of events: The BC RCMP has notified the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) of an incident in Campbell … [Read more...]
Sergeant Robert Johnson: Pedophile Cop Commits Suicide
Sergeant Robert Johnson shot himself in his truck which was parked on the Highway 787 Bridge in North Liberty County. Thus ended a six-hour standoff between Johnson and negotiators from the County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Ranger. Harris County Precinct 1 Sergeant Robert Johnson, once named Officer Of The Year, killed himself after confessing to a long history of sexually … [Read more...]
Did Constable Kristopher Karl Planetta Benefit From Police Sentencing Double-Standards?
One of my longstanding pet peeves is sentencing double-standards applied to police officers who break the law, so while my blood pressure rose briefly when I first came across this case, ultimately, it dropped once I read the details and agreed with Judge A. Peter Ross's sentencing decision in R. v. Planetta, 2021 NSPC 30. Nobody - not the Crown Prosecutor, not the Defence … [Read more...]
Nigerian Army Purges 3,040 Drunken Deserters, Rapists and Murderous Soldiers
The Nigerian Army, a land force of roughly 160,000 troops, recently dismissed 3,040 of those troops for crimes ranging from desertion and drunken and disorderly to rape and even murder. While firing 3,040 troops from the army sounds like a lot, it's only 1.9% of Nigeria's Army, which is smaller than the percentage of Liberal Party of Canada MPs who are currently facing … [Read more...]
Free Speech is Despised Across the Political Spectrum
All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. —Lord Acton I expect politicians on the left of the political spectrum to despise free speech. It's a foundational tenet of their belief systems - that only approved speech must be permitted and leftists are, naturally, the only ones capable of being the arbiters of 'permitted speech'. Justin Trudeau's … [Read more...]
2020: COVID-19 Lockdown Loneliness Responsible for 1,412 Suicides By MAiD
While governments worldwide focused their attention on 'COVID counts' and lockdowns of healthy people in their non-stop fear porn crusade, one number ought to make everyone sit up and take notice. In Canada, 1,412 people chose to end their lives by medical assistance in dying (MAiD) (18.6% of all MAiD deaths in 2020) because they simply could not face another year of … [Read more...]
Negligent Discharge: 12-year-old girl shot, expected to recover
Christian Lehl, 21, was babysitting his nieces and nephews, when he took out a loaded handgun and showed it to an 18-year-old friend. The handgun 'just went off' aka a negligent discharge, and the bullet buried itself in the arm of one of Lehl's 12-year-old nieces in another room. Thankfully, the young girl is expected to make a full recovery. Wichita Police arrested … [Read more...]
Can Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah Succeed Where Every Other Police Agency has Failed?
Peel Regional Police Services Chief Nishan Duraiappah wants to transform of his department away from its current culture of secrecy to a departmental culture that is more open, more transparent and less defensive than in the past. The reason? He wants to rebuild credibility and trust in the department that the region’s citizens lost a long time ago. High-profile cases of … [Read more...]
Ottawa Police Constable Ripped for Charter Violations by Justice David Berg
Justice David Berg lambasted Ottawa Police Service Constable Corey Bourguignon for lying under oath when he ruled Vincent Lebrun’s Charter rights were violated so egregiously the evidence against him must be excluded. That evidence was, according to news reports, a grenade launcher. “There is no excuse for a police officer not knowing this basic tenet of our … [Read more...]
Officer Down: Terre Haute Police Department Detective Greg Ferency
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. UPDATED JULY 16, 2021 to add Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett's comments after Detective Ferrency's funeral. Terre Haute Police Department Detective Greg Ferency was ambushed and murdered outside the FBI Indianapolis Resident Agency on Wednesday, July 7, … [Read more...]
Negligent Discharge: Gentry Police Officers Save Man’s Life
Two Gentry Police officers are credited with saving the life of a man who managed to unintentionally shoot himself in the leg. The unidentified man carried a loaded firearm in his pocket (never a good idea) and due to his negligence, shot himself and severed an artery in his leg. Gentry Police Officers Matthew Easter and Tyler Kell responded to the 911 call and discovered … [Read more...]
Brenda Ware’s Murder Epitomizes the Failure of Canada’s Justice System
Philip Toner murdered Brenda Ware less than six weeks after he was released from prison, where he served five years for raping a 15-year-old girl. According to documents obtained by CBC, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) had serious concerns about Philip Toner’s risk of re-offending. His parole was revoked three times during statutory release (after an offender serves two … [Read more...]
Civil Forfeiture: Court of Appeal Calls Govt of Ontario Position “Absurd”
In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Norwood Estate, 2021 ONCA 493, Ontario's Attorney General argued for a vast expansion of the scope of Ontario's civil asset forfeiture scheme. In smacking down the province's Attorney General, Justice David M. Paciocco didn't mince his words. "Ontario’s interpretation [of s. 18.1 of the Civil Remedies Act] is illogical and incoherent." "In … [Read more...]
South Africa’s Nightmare Gun Registry
Canada's failed Long Gun Registry was an expensive and useless exercise that did not help solve a single crime according to police, but at least 'the trains ran on time' - to butcher the analogy. The same cannot be said for South Africa’s Central Firearms Registry, where backlogs for both licenses and amnesties are piled six feet high throughout a building that's been … [Read more...]
Is It Possible Our Government and Health Authorities Lied to Us?
After being force-fed a steady diet of fear 24/7/365 by every level of government, every public health official and every major news agency in the country, I am compelled to ask a serious question. Is it possible that these government officials, these public health officials, and the news agencies beholden to these governments for financial subsidies, all lied to us about … [Read more...]
Paul Palango: One Man’s Pursuit of the Truth Could be the RCMP’s Undoing
Investigative Reporter Paul Palango is one of those rare individuals, one of those old-school reporters, for whom the truth still matters. Unfortunately for the RCMP, the truth he uncovers may well be the organization's undoing. Lest you fall into the RCMP-baited trap that Palango has a hate-on for the RCMP, allow me to quote a couple paragraphs from the description of his … [Read more...]
Defiance of Germany’s Strict Gun Laws or Good Old Fashioned Ingenuity?
Germans are renowned for their precision, craftsmanship and ingenuity. For some, like the 58-year-old precision mechanic who manufactured three homemade pistols in his spare time, it may mean obeying Germany's strict gun laws is a waste of time. A German news report says police stumbled upon the weapons by chance during another investigation, although the story does not … [Read more...]
Santa Fe County Deputy Sheriff Patrick Ficke: Hero Cop Saves Child’s Life
On the afternoon of June 5, 2021, Santa Fe County Deputy Sheriff Patrick Ficke was on patrol along Interstate 25 when he noticed a vehicle driving erratically. Here's how it went down, in Deputy Sheriff Ficke's own words: So I decided to do a traffic stop. Right as I stopped the vehicle, the driver, who was a father jumped out - which is usually a red flag for law … [Read more...]
Would-Be Mass Shooter Stopped by Life-Saving Good Guy with a Gun
At about 7:15 am on May 15, 2021, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, 26-year-old Zachary Arnold left his apartment and began yelling at other residents of the complex. “You guys get out here, come out here, everyone get out of this building right now,” Arnold screamed repeatedly, according to one witness. Some people came out to see what was going on, but ran back inside their … [Read more...]
Hero Cops Save Couple from Burning Car
Prince George County Police Officer John Kuykendall, Officer Daniel Byrum and Animal Control, Officer Dana Newmyer are being hailed as heroes for saving a couple from their burning vehicle. Officer Kuykendall was the first to make it down to the burning car. "His legs were underneath the car, the front bumper, he was laying there yelling for help," Officer Kuykendall … [Read more...]
Officers Down: San Diego Police Department Detectives Jamie Huntley-Park and Ryan Park
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. Tragedy struck the San Diego Police Department on June 4, 2021, when married Detectives Ryan Park and Jamie Huntley-Park were killed by a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 5. That vehicle struck the detectives' vehicle, killing them both. The detectives … [Read more...]
Officer Down: Worcester Police Department Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. On June 4, 2021, Worcester Police Department Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia gave his life attempting to save 14-year-old Troy Love, who also drowned in Green Hill Pond. “Two kids were in the water trying to hold onto each other in the water when I got here, … [Read more...]
Halifax Regional Police Constable Pierre-Paul Cadieux Found Guilty of Racism
On May 5, 2021, Halifax Regional Police Constable Pierre-Paul Cadieux and Constable Steve Logan were found guilty of racism by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. The Commission's 51-page decision (view PDF) doesn't pull any punches about Constable Pierre-Paul Cadieux's and Constable Steve Logan's behaviour. [3] I find that race was a factor in the police … [Read more...]
Officer Down: Canada Corrections Officer Bikramdeep Randhawa
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. Canada Corrections Officer Bikramdeep Randhawa gunned down in a brazen daylight hit at a Delta gas station on May 1, 2021. The getaway vehicle, a Mazda SUV, was found burning in South Burnaby later that day. Police are unsure if Randhawa was murdered because … [Read more...]
Negligent Discharge: 2-year-old boy kills himself with father’s gun
If you own a firearm, making sure unauthorized people can't access that firearm is your number one responsibility - especially if you have small children. Vincent Shelby learned this lesson in the most excruciating way on June 2, 2021, when his 2-year-old son found his loaded handgun near the television and shot himself in the head with it. Joliet Police Department officers … [Read more...]
Negligent Discharge: Illinois Man Kills Girlfriend While Posing With Handgun
21-year-old A’Meyah T. Brewton died when her boyfriend, 20-year-old Isaiah Cole shot her in the head while the couple posed for selfies in front of a mirror on September 13, 2020. Assistant State’s Attorney Robert Money said Cole was high on marijuana when he racked the slide to eject the round from the chamber, removed the magazine from his pistol and then re-inserted the … [Read more...]