RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson is pretty much the poster-boy for everything that's wrong with the RCMP, both here in British Columbia and across the nation. Corporal Robinson’s case shows us the stark, horrific reality of the inner workings of the RCMP itself: how the RCMP has no real desire for accountability, the incredible lengths the RCMP will go to in order to … [Read more...]
Lisa Cheryl Dudley: Reason #3 to Dump the BC RCMP
Well, my original pick for the number 2 spot, RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson, just keeps getting kicked further down the list. Today I bring you instead my Reason #3 for British Columbia to dump the RCMP: Lisa Cheryl Dudley. Lisa Dudley would be alive today if it were not for the ineptness of the RCMP Constable sent to investigate 6 gunshots at the residence where she … [Read more...]
RCMP Constable Andy Yung: Reason #2 to Dump the BC RCMP
Anyone reading my articles about thuggish RCMP constables and corporals will no doubt be a little surprised by my choice of RCMP Constable Andy Yung as my #2 reason for getting the RCMP out of British Columbia. He certainly would never have been my first choice if he hadn't hit the headlines just this past week. There is one man who had this spot locked up solid (RCMP … [Read more...]
25 reasons BC should get rid of the RCMP, starting with Reason #1: Ian Bush
This is the first in a series of articles where I advance the premise British Columbia should kick the RCMP out of the province and raise the BC Provincial Police from the ashes of history. There are a ton of reasons why this is a good idea, but I will begin this series with the case of Ian Bush. I could start elsewhere, to be sure, but the case of Ian Bush shows with … [Read more...]
Suspension with pay for killing a man, suspension without pay for not going to a pro-Islamic meeting?
In this tale of two police forces, I'll be delving into two cases of police suspensions and examine what constitutes grounds for suspension without pay in an American city police force, and then what constitutes grounds for suspension with pay in the RCMP. First up, the Oklahoma City Police. I was horrified a while back when I read about the case of Oklahoma Police … [Read more...]
Victoria Police Department Constable Mike Russell needs to learn the law
A recent news report in the Victoria Times Colonist showed just how incompetent Constable Mike Russell, and indeed the entire Victoria Police Department is. Instead of commending a man for removing firearms from his home during a dispute with his roommate, the police arrested him, seized his firearms and threatened to charge him with firearm offenses. The problem with … [Read more...]
Toronto Police search apartment, leave a loaded shotgun behind
It's just a bad joke, right? Toronto Police serve a search warrant on an apartment in a building they've been to many times, while armed to the teeth. It's become standard practice across Canada (being armed to the teeth) when serving search warrants. But leave a loaded shotgun behind? We're just lucky we haven't had too many cases of "murder by cop" like the Arizona … [Read more...]
Edmonton Police Service Constable Mike Wasylyshen needs a hard look in the mirror
Edmonton Police Service Constable Mike Wasylyshen, the son of former Edmonton Police Chief Bob Wasylyshen, needs to take a serious look in the mirror. He's just sued CBC Television for $100,000 for defamation over their reporting of his illustrious career. The suit shouldn't last long. Probably ten seconds in front of a judge would be my bet. Why? The Truth is a … [Read more...]
Toronto Police handcuff 9-year-old in daycare center; teach scary lesson to every kid there
While this story is only coming to light now, back in July members of the Toronto Police Service inexplicably felt an overwhelming desire to handcuff a 9-year-old child with Asperger Syndrome. The child, who has been diagnosed with a host of manufactured disorders such as ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (remember when kids used to be just kids, not walking, talking … [Read more...]
Judge says RCMP violated their rights, tosses drug case citing Charter violations
Let me first state that if you came here expecting to read me bashing the RCMP over another Charter violation, you're going to be disappointed. You are correct in your presumption that when I'm writing about the RCMP and Charter violations, it's usually to tear a strip off them for blatantly disregarding the Charter. That's usually the way it goes, and I stand behind every … [Read more...]
Another law-abiding Canadian firearm owner brutalized by police
Peter Sedge is your average Canadian. He pays his taxes, he owns his own small business that employs other Canadians. And he owns firearms. Legally. That last word is very important. The Toronto Police Services doesn't like law-abiding firearm owners. Let me rephrase that. The Toronto Police Services [allegedly] doesn't like law-abiding firearm owners. I must say … [Read more...]
Sentencing Double-Standard rears its ugly head again. Kelowna RCMP Staff Sergeant gets a wrist-slap for assault and firearm charges
Imagine, if you will, that you have a very bad day. You go home, punch your wife in the face 6 or 8 times while your children watch in horror, then you put a gun to your wife's head and threaten to kill her. Your children watch the whole terrible scene go down. You are arrested and charged, and you plead guilty to assault and careless use of a firearm. What sentence do … [Read more...]
Something Stinks at the Hamilton Police Service: Justice Paul Currie
In yet another case of police abusing their power and then [allegedly] lying about it in court, Justice Paul Currie delivered a scathing report on the actions of Hamilton Police Service Detective Constable Ryan Toucher and his fellow constables during a May 10, 2010 raid. There are a few things about this story that really make my blood boil. First, Constable Ryan Toucher … [Read more...]
Toronto Police just love strip-searching people for almost any reason at all
Toronto Police just love strip-searching people for almost any reason at all. So the Toronto Star report would have us believe, at least. According to their report, roughly 60% of all people arrested in 2010 were strip-searched by Toronto Police Services personnel. Previously-released figures on the numbers of strip searches show this number has been steadily climbing over … [Read more...]
Ottawa Police Constable Kevin Jacobs charged in brutal beating of Mark Krupa
Ottawa Police Constable Kevin Jacobs has been charged in brutal beating of Mark Krupa that took place on Mother's Day 2009. Mark and his brother were on the way to Mark's home, having just come from dinner with their mother. They were stopped at a red light. A man pulled up beside them and started berating them and generally making an ass of himself. That man turned out … [Read more...]
Ottawa Police threaten to take her son away unless she consents to search. Justice Heidi Polowin rules that’s okay.
There are days that our [alleged] justice system makes me want to puke. Today is one of those days. In a ruling that baffles my brain, Ontario Superior Court Justice Heidi Polowin ruled that despite being “ganged up on” and threatened by police and a Children’s Aid Society worker that they would take away her one-year-old son, the resulting illegal search, called a … [Read more...]
For Toronto Police Services Constables Edward Ing and John Cruz the Special Treatment Just Won’t Stop
Not that it came as much of a surprise, but the ruling by Ontario Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell still disgusts me. Yesterday I wrote about how my two latest thug cops, Toronto Police Services Constables Edward Ing and John Cruz, were applying to have their firearms prohibition orders revoked or "temporarily" removed, ostensibly so they can keep their jobs. Why … [Read more...]
Toronto Police Service convicted thugs Edward Ing and John Cruz want MORE special treatment
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about two Toronto Police Services constables, Edward Ing and John Cruz, who were convicted of brutally assaulting a 60-year-old disabled man, Richard Moore. Despite that conviction and the judge's disgust with them both for lying in court, neither cop was sent to prison. Instead they were sent home and told not to do it again. Ouch! The … [Read more...]
New York is screwed up. What else do you call threatening to charge the man who saved a cop’s life?
I read this story a while back about the school safety agent who helped save a cop's life in New York. The part where they were threatening to charge the guy who picked up the wounded cop's gun and shot back at the attackers is what caught my eye. Imagine that... It takes a pretty sick prosecutor to threaten charges against someone who's actually one of the heroes of the … [Read more...]
Buddy Tavares sues RCMP Constable Geoff Mantler and I hope he wins
Buddy Tavares, the man [allegedly] kicked brutally in the face by RCMP thug... I mean constable Geoff Mantler, has filed a lawsuit against Constable Geoff Mantler, Mantler's female partner, the Attorney General of BC and the City of Kelowna. Fantastic! If there is any common sense left in our justice system, this lawsuit should be a slam-dunk, especially considering that … [Read more...]
BC RCMP Constable Shyamal Ramlu’s lack of moral character…
BC RCMP Constable Shyamal Ramlu is the latest in a long line of examples of RCMP constables with no moral backbone whatsoever. Constable Ramlu's drunken blowjob with a street prostitute shows with stark clarity that the RCMP's pathetic recruitment process is in serious need of repair. For those not aware of Constable Ramlu's "indiscretions", here's what happened according … [Read more...]
Lethbridge Constable Michael Fielding demoted for discreditable conduct
Lethbridge Regional Police Service Constable Michael Fielding had a rough year last year. Despite all the personal troubles and loss of family members, he actually stood and faced the music for his discreditable conduct. Fielding used his police access to the Canadian Police Information System (CPIC) to check up on his ex-girlfriend and the man Fielding suspected of being … [Read more...]
NYPD Rapist Cop acquitted even after he admits on tape having sex with the victim
Former NYPD Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were immediately fired after they were acquitted of rape and burglary charges. While that might sound strange, these two deserved it. They were actually fired for their convictions on official misconduct charges for returning to the woman's apartment after "helping her" into her building, where she was then [allegedly] … [Read more...]
Rookie Woodstock Constables violate Charter, get case tossed
"This could only happen in Canada, the judge rules and that's it," said Charlie Dalgarno, past-president of the Woodstock Royal Canadian Legion. Legion members were very upset with the ruling by Judge Marietta Roberts that set alleged swastika graffiti painter Christopher Saggau free. Saggau was accused of painting swastikas on the Victoria Park Cenotaph the night before … [Read more...]
Toronto cops beat the crap out of a guy, lie in court and get sentenced to house arrest?
Beat the crap out of a guy, lie about your actions in court, and because you're a cop, you get nothing but house arrest? [Sarcasm Mode ON] Thank God there's no double-standard in sentencing police versus us ordinary folks! Toronto Police Service constable Edward Ing and Toronto Police Service constable John Cruz beat the crap out of Richard Moore because he heckled them … [Read more...]
RCMP who killed Robert Dziekanski face Perjury Charges
RCMP Constable Gerry Rundel, RCMP Constable Bill Bentley, RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson and RCMP Constable Kwesi Millington, the four men who killed Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver International Airport, have now been charged with perjury for lying about their actions to the inquiry into Robert Dziekanski's death. Thank God for that. These four men took all of about 15 … [Read more...]
Naked Man paraded before female cops, Bill Blair makes excuses
A man was arrested at the G20 last year, was stripped naked and then paraded before a female Toronto City Police constable. Predictably, Toronto Police Services Chief Bill Blair says, "The video may not entirely speak for itself. And there’s a lot of circumstances and facts that are not yet evident in that video. It’s important to get all the facts before I make a comment on … [Read more...]
Emily Good: Arrested for standing on her own property and filming police
Stand on your own property, videotape police doing a traffic stop and get arrested. As utterly bizarre as it sounds, that's exactly what happened to Emily Good on the evening of May 12th, 2011. Police had pulled over someone right in front of her home. She stepped out onto her front lawn and began recording the police officers' actions. Saying "I don't feel safe with … [Read more...]
Film police killing a man, get a policeman’s weapon stuck in your face
It's a darn good thing America isn't a Police State. Can you imagine what police would be like if it was? I'm speaking specifically about Miami police unloading probably half a dozen service pistols into one man, and as soon as he's dead they turn their weapons on anyone watching this all go down. Anyone with a cell phone is threatened, has their cell phone taken, smashed … [Read more...]
Jose Guerena, murdered by Pima County SWAT Team, honoured by Oath Keepers on Memorial Day
For anyone not familiar with the horrific story of Jose Guerena, the former US Marine gunned down by the Pima County SWAT Team, here is a brief recap. Jose Guerena is a a decorated US Marine. He served two tours in Iraq and faced all kinds of dangers during both tours. After leaving the Marine Corps he got a job at a local mine near Tucson to support his wife and young … [Read more...]