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Pastor James Coates to be Released from Edmonton Remand Centre

Published March 17, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Abusive Prosecutions, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech


Pastor James Coates to be Released from Jail after Crown Drops All But One Charge Against Him

Pastor James Coates spent the past 29 days in the Edmonton Remand Centre for the heinous crime of preaching a Christian sermon on Sundays. More accurately, Pastor Coates was incarcerated on February 16, 2021, for refusing to sign a bail condition demanding he stop exercising his Charter freedoms of conscience, religion, expression, association and peaceful assembly. John … [Read more...]

Whitehorse, Yukon, and its Ongoing Addiction Issues

Published February 18, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Crime


Whitehorse, Yukon, and its Ongoing Addiction Issues

The Yukon territory claims a population of 41,352 in 2020. Of those, 32,304 (almost 80%) live in Whitehorse, the territory's capital, and its surrounding area. (See Yukon Fact Sheet 2020) The Yukon territory's median age is 39 and, despite a higher than average Canadian weekly income, Whitehorse has an ongoing and serious addiction problem fuelled primarily by out-of-Yukon … [Read more...]

Utah Senate Slams Door on Civil Asset Forfeiture Loopholes

Published February 9, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Civil Forfeiture


Civil asset forfeiture is the legal procedure for seizing your assets without the tedious requirement of convicting you, the hapless property owner, of a criminal offence. If it were anyone but government officials doing the stealing, this would be called theft. Because it’s government, their lawyers call it a ‘victimless prosecution’ where the property, not the property … [Read more...]

Nine Attempts to Quash Section 74 Reference Hearings Destroyed by Alberta Judge

Published December 3, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Canada's Firearms Act, Courts, Guns


Judge Allan Fradsham: Is He Gun Owners' Newest Best Friend?

On November 30th, 2020, Judge Allan A. Fradsham dismissed the Attorney General's attempt to have nine Section 74 reference hearings tossed out of court. On November 30th, 2020, Judge Allan A. Fradsham became Canadian firearm owners' best friend, for not only did he dismiss the Attorney General's motions, he did so in a way that appears bulletproof to appeal. The Short … [Read more...]

Gun Smuggler Pleads Guilty, Walks Out of Court a Free Man

Published October 23, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Crime, Gun Smuggling, Guns


Curtis Elliott: Gun Smuggler Pleads Guilty, Walks Out of Court a Free Man

In March 2016, the Windsor Police Service arrested Curtis Elliott and nine other people for smuggling illegal guns into Canada. This was the end of a year-long investigation in which police charged ten people with 111 criminal offences. Curtis Elliott faced 33 of those charges. On October 16, 2020, news broke that Elliott pleaded guilty and, as a result of the Crown’s … [Read more...]

California Loses Appeal: 2016 Magazine Ban Violates 2nd Amendment

Published October 6, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Guns


California Loses Appeal: 2016 Magazine Ban Violates 2nd Amendment

California, like Canada, despises standard capacity firearm magazines and defines any magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds as over capacity or large capacity. California, unlike Canada, must abide by this pesky little thing called the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, which states: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a … [Read more...]

Jeffrey Harris: Murder Conviction Overturned by BC Court of Appeals

Published September 9, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Crime, Human Depravity


Jeffrey Harris: Murder Conviction Overturned by BC Court of Appeals

On February 10, 2015, Jeffrey Harris was addicted to heroin, selling cocaine to support his ­3-4 fixes-per-day habit, living in the village of Lillooet, British Columbia. Gary Mandseth was Jeffrey Harris’ drug dealer. Often when Harris showed up at Mandseth’s house to buy more cocaine, Harris testified, Mandseth would inject him with heroin. In a move that ultimately … [Read more...]

Former Employees Win: Apple Must Pay Lost Wages for Exit Searches Says Appeals Court

Published September 7, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts


Apple Must Pay Lost Wages for Exit Searches Says Appeals Court

Trust is a fundamental requirement for all positive human interactions, yet Apple and many other companies routinely tell their employees the company does not trust them. At the very least, knowing your employer does not trust you means you won’t give the employer what it deserves: a full day’s work in exchange for a full day’s pay. Not only is this bad policy from an … [Read more...]

Snowden Exonerated: US Court of Appeals Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal

Published September 2, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Privacy Rights, Rights


Snowden Exonerated US Court of Appeals Rules NSA Mass Surveillance was Illegal

On September 2, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth District, in United States v. Moalin,  said the NSA's mass surveillance program outed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 was illegal. We conclude that the government may have violated the Fourth Amendment and did violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) when it collected the telephony metadata … [Read more...]

Brodie Curtis Young: RCMP Screwup Sets Another Career Criminal With a Firearms Prohibition Order Free

Published August 20, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Charter of Rights and Freedoms Breaches, Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Police, Rights, Warrantless Searches


RCMP Screwup Sets Another Career Criminal With Firearms Prohibition Order Free

Colour me shocked that our broken firearms prohibition order system failed to stop career criminal Brodie Curtis Young from illegally obtaining a gun and ammunition for it. That's bad, but after RCMP constables violated Young's Charter rights, the entire case against him was tossed out so as not to bring the administration of justice into disrepute. The July 23, 2020, … [Read more...]

Text Message Privacy: Did the Supreme Court Get It Right?

Published August 19, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Abuse of Police Authority, Courts, Privacy Rights, Rights, Unreasonable Search and Seizure


Text Message Privacy: Did the Supreme Court Get It Right?

On March 27, 2010, the Owen Sound Police Service obtained a general warrant under s. 487.01 and an assistance order under s. 487.02 of the Criminal Code. The warrant named two Telus wireless subscribers and required the telecom giant to provide the Owen Sound Police Service with copies of any text messages stored on Telus’ computer database that were sent or received by … [Read more...]

Raise Your Children as Bureaucrats Demand, or Else

Published August 13, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Courts, Personal Responsibility


Adrian Crook won his battle for parents rights. Now he’s running for Vancouver City Council.

On July 6, 2020, Adrian Crook won his battle for parents rights at the BC Court of Appeals, who slammed BC Child and Family Services for their bureaucratic overreach. “It’s a big relief, but also discouraging that it took so long," he said. "For over 3 years now I’ve lived with the threat, often literally a written or verbal threat from a social worker or Ministry Director, … [Read more...]

Peter Khill: Self-Defence Case Goes to Supreme Court

Published August 11, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Guns, Rights, Self-Defense


Peter Khill's Self-Defence Acquittal Reversed - New Trial Ordered

Good news for Peter Khill, of Hamilton, Ontario. The Supreme Court will hear his self-defence case. For those unfamiliar with Peter Khill or the circumstances surrounding this trip the the highest court in the land, here is a brief recap. February 4, 2016, 3:00am Millie Benko, Peter Khill’s girlfriend (and now wife) awoke to the sounds of someone banging outside. She woke … [Read more...]

December 22, 2005: The Day Gun Rights Died in Canada

Published August 10, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Property Rights


R. v. Wiles [2005] The Day Gun Rights Died in Canada

Quash: to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; to nullify, especially by judicial action On December 22, 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against drug dealer Philip Neil Wiles and, in so doing, quashed the right of Canadians to possess firearms. [P]ossession and use of firearms is not a right or freedom guaranteed under the Charter, but a privilege.  … [Read more...]

Ray Newman: Alleged Murderer Walked Free After Police Violate His Charter Rights

Published August 5, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Abuse of Police Authority, Charter of Rights and Freedoms Breaches, Courts, Police, Rights, Unreasonable Search and Seizure


Raymond Gerald Newman Alleged Murderer Set Free

When police violate the Charter rights of an accused, there is a price to pay. That price, in Chrissy Predham-Newman's case, is her alleged murderer, her estranged husband, walked out of court a free man. On January 21, 2007, Chrissy Predham-Newman was found murdered in her apartment, her throat slashed, in her apartment in Airport Heights, St. John’s, Newfoundland and … [Read more...]

No Trial for Anuja Baskaran’s Alleged Murder says Supreme Court of Canada

Published July 31, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Justice Denied, Prosecutorial Misconduct


Supreme Court Orders Murder Charge Stayed Sri Lankan Immigrant Who Murdered His Wife

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled a man accused of murdering his wife in 2012 will never stand trial because of excessive delays bringing the accused killer to court. (See SCC's 2016 decision in R. v. Jordan) Backstory In 2004, Sri Lankan refugee Sivaloganathan Thanabalasingam landed in Canada to start a new life. At some point, date unknown, he married Anuja Baskaran and, … [Read more...]

Canada’s Revolving Door Justice System – Whitehorse Edition

Published July 22, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts


Canada's Revolving Door Justice System - Whitehorse Edition

On July 8th, 2020, Yukon RCMP's Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) executed a search warrant at the home of a suspected drug dealer in the the Kopper King area of Whitehorse. Robert Savard, 47, was arrested and charged with a host of drug trafficking charges, obstructing a peace officer and resisting arrest. The full list of charges Robert Savard now faces are below: … [Read more...]

Is it Lawful to Resist an Unlawful Arrest?

Published July 20, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Common Sense, Courts


R. v. Duncan, 2013 ONCJ 160 by Justice Fergus O'Donnell

Note: While I quote extensively from it here, Justice Fergus O’Donnell's decision in R. v. Duncan should be required reading for all of us, if only for the footnotes. It's also brilliant to read how skillfully this honourable judge essentially protected the defendant from himself.   Abraham Lincoln, a crafty lawyer before he became an immortal president, said: … [Read more...]

Sarwanjit Randhawa: Why would you keep a child conceived by rape?

Published July 15, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Justice System Abuses


Sarwanjit Randhawa: Why would you keep a child conceived by rape?

Our Immigration and Refugee Board seriously needs to find better judges. Following up on my Monday commentary Refugee Presumed a Liar by Former Conservative Candidate Turned Refugee Judge, Sarwanjit Randhawa is my candidate for Refugee Judicial Clod of the Year. When a woman applied for refugee status in Canada, she never thought her claim would be denied because she made … [Read more...]

Refugee Presumed a Liar by Former Conservative Candidate Turned Refugee Judge

Published July 13, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Justice System Abuses


Immigration and Refugee Board judge Yonatan Rozenszajn to Nigerian Refugee: "Why doesnt he just kill you?"

When Halima Alari (an alias to protect her identity) came to Canada as a refugee she never thought she be asked to justify why she was alive. She was wrong. After explaining she want to come to Canada to escape her abusive husband, Alari was stunned by the judge’s question. “If he really wants you to be gone, “Why doesn’t he just kill you?” Immigration and Refugee … [Read more...]

One Law for Me, Another for Thee

Published July 10, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Police Sentencing Double-Standards, RCMP Hall of Shame


One Law for Me Another for Thee Police Sentencing Double-Standards

When you break the law in Canada, be it one of our many firearm laws or some other section of the Criminal Code, how you are treated by our justice system depends solely upon your legal status at the time of your offence. What's the colour of the stripe running down your pant legs? What? No stripe?  Then may God have mercy on you because Canada's justice system certainly … [Read more...]

Why do Criminals Go Free When Police Screw Up?

Published July 7, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Constitutional Violations, Courts, Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Privacy Rights, Rights, Unreasonable Search and Seizure


Why do Criminals Go Free When Police Screw Up?

In response to my Friday column Cops Screw Up: Drug Dealer Jermaine Barrows-Taylor Escapes Illegal Handgun Conviction, one reader shared his frustration with this case specifically, as well as these types of cases in general. I do not understand why police screwups result in criminals going free. If police illegally search a vehicle and find a body, does the driver get a … [Read more...]

Cops Screw Up: Drug Dealer Jermaine Barrows-Taylor Escapes Illegal Handgun Conviction

Published July 3, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Police


Drug Dealer Jermaine Barrows-Taylor Escapes Illegal Handgun Conviction

On February 20, 2020, Justice Timothy Lipson acquitted Jermaine Barrows-Taylor of all firearm-related charges, but accepted his guilty plea for drug trafficking. At the time of his arrest for a violation of the Highway Traffic Act on August 26, 2018, Jermaine Barrows-Taylor was under a Firearms Prohibition Order and his driver’s licence was revoked. When Toronto Police … [Read more...]

Violent Repeat Offender Thomas Kruger-Allen Pleads Guilty to Assault

Published June 17, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Crime, Guns, Violent Criminals


Violent Repeat Offender Thomas Kruger-Allen Pleads Guilty to Assault

On April 29th I asked the question "Will the coronavirus pandemic alter the Supreme Court’s interpretation of its landmark 'justice delayed is justice denied' ruling in R. v. Jordan?" I then said a series of upcoming assault and murder trials placed in limbo by COVID-19 meant we would likely find out, since the core of the Jordan decision is our Charter section 11(b) right to … [Read more...]

Dalien Illunga: Public Safety Cannot be Sacrificed on the Altar of COVID-19

Published June 11, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Common Sense, Courts, Sexual Predators


Public Safety Cannot be Sacrificed on the Altar of COVID-19

“Public Safety Cannot be Sacrificed on the Altar of COVID-19.” – Justice Joseph De Filippis, R. v. Ilunga, 2020 ONCJ 270   On May 5, 2019, Dalien Ilunga, a 37-year-old immigrant from Congo, forced a young woman into his bedroom and raped her. Ilunga, who has a prior conviction for sexual assault, was already on probation for another assault, the probation … [Read more...]

Saheed Bacchus Ali: Drug Dealer Arrested with Illegal Guns while Prohibited released on Bail

Published June 8, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


Saheed Bacchus Ali drug dealer with illegal handguns

When Saheed Bacchus Ali was arrested with large quantities of illegal drugs and two illegally-possessed handguns on September 10, 2019, he violated not one but four Firearm Prohibition Orders. None of these prohibition orders stopped Saheed Ali from illegally obtaining and possessing a loaded Smith and Wesson handgun and an unloaded Glock pistol with its serial number … [Read more...]

Youth Criminal Justice: German Tourist’s Life Destroyed, Young Offender Sentenced to 14 Months

Published May 18, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Justice Denied


Youth Criminal Justice German Tourist Horst Stewin Shooting

Four drunk and stoned under-age Indigenous people on a 24-hour bender. With illegal guns. What could possibly go wrong? For German tourist Horst Stewin and his family, visiting Alberta on August 2, 2018, everything. That day a 24-hour drug- and alcohol- fueled bender, thoughts of revenge, illegal possession of firearms and a case of mistaken identity disastrously … [Read more...]

COVID-19: Does Justice Delayed Still Equal Justice Denied?

Published April 29, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Justice Denied


COVID-19: Does Justice Delayed Still Equal Justice Denied?

The COVID-19 pandemic changed almost everything, including putting millions of Canadians out of work. Schools shut down and business closed, leaving many wondering what life would look like once this pandemic is over. Courthouses across Canada also shut down, tossing the entire criminal justice system into turmoil. Will the coronavirus pandemic alter the Supreme Court’s … [Read more...]

Toronto Det. Const. Daryl Gazey “Not Credible as a Witness” says Judge

Published April 21, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Abuse of Trust, Courts, Police, Police Misconduct


It's hard enough, most days, for police to make a case stick in court. That job is even harder when a case is intentionally undermined by an allegedly corrupt cop. Welcome to the story of alleged heroin dealer Siavash Norouzian, undercover Toronto Police Service Detective Constable Daryl Gazey and data from a few of cell phones. It's a story which, through a series of odd … [Read more...]

Judge Robin Camp, Rona Ambrose and Mandatory Sexual Assault Training for Judges

Published March 31, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Justice System Abuses


Sexual Assault Training for Judges: A Long-Overdue Adjustment or Interference with Judicial Independence?

On February 23, 2017, Conservative MP Rona Ambrose introduced Private Member’s Bill C-337, the Judicial Accountability Through Sexual Assault Law Training Act, to ensure all prospective judges would receive proper training about sexual assault law prior to being appointed to the Bench. Her proposed legislation was a direct response to Justice Robin Camp’s conduct in R. v. … [Read more...]

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