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Archives for July 2021

Autumn Higgs: Dead because of Boyfriend’s Negligent Discharge

Published July 31, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Negligent Discharges


16-year-old Autumn Higgs: She died because of her boyfriend's negligent discharge of a firearm

On March 31, 2021, 17-year-old Hayden Wik picked up his mother's handgun and, for reasons nobody understands, pulled the trigger. The bullet he fired hit his 16-year-old girlfriend in the head.  Despite the best efforts of emergency services first responders, they were unable to save the girl's life. Initially police said the name of the slain teenage girl would not be … [Read more...]

Negligent Discharge: Dallas Walmart

Published July 30, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Negligent Discharges


Keep Your Finger Off the Bang Switch

On May 18, 2021, an unidentified Walmart shopper carrying a concealed handgun 'accidentally' shot another customer with his handgun. The injured Walmart customer was taken to hospital and treated for a 'minor' gunshot wound. The precise details of how the negligent discharge occurred aren't available but, according to police, the individual carrying the handgun was not … [Read more...]

Officer Down: Kern County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas

Published July 29, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Officer Down


Officer Down: Kern County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas

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

Published July 28, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: 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

Published July 27, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Guns


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

Published July 21, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Officer Down


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

Published July 20, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Police Brutality


Jared Lowndes Killing: The RCMP has much to answer for in the shooting of this unarmed man, but will they ever be held to account?

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

Published July 19, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother


Sergeant Robert Johnson: Former Officer of the Year Confesses to Child Rape Ring

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?

Published July 17, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Domestic Violence, Police Sentencing Double-Standards


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

Published July 16, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Human Depravity


Nigerian Army Dismisses 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

Published July 15, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Censorship, Freedom of Speech


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

Published July 14, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: The Great Nanny State


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

Published July 13, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Negligent Discharges


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?

Published July 12, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Police


Can Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah Succeed Where Every Other Police Agency 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

Published July 10, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Police Misconduct, Warrantless Searches


Ottawa Police 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

Published July 9, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Officer Down


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

Published July 8, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Negligent Discharges


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

Published July 7, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Domestic Violence, Sexual Predators


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”

Published July 6, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Civil Forfeiture


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

Published July 2, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Gun Control, Gun Registration


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?

Published July 1, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother


Is It Possible They Lied?

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...]

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