How long can this stuff keep going on?
How long are the people of this Province going to tolerate the kind of abuses of power and authority that has and still is exhibited and exercised by various Police Agencies from the bottom of the chain of command to the top, on a regular and ongoing basis?
How many questionable, serious incidents involving Police officers where the officers are exonerated of wrong-doing mainly because the Police won’t co-operate or interfere with the SIU which they are supposed to co-operate with under the laws of this Province.
A law that these officers and their commanding officers choose to ignore!
They with-hold their notes and refuse to co-operate thereby thwarting a proper investigation by the agency that was put in place to protect the public’s interest and ensure that there isn’t an abuse of power, procedure and authority by the Police.
So much for having the public’s interests at heart!
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I think what we have here is a failure to communicate!
I guess it happens sometimes. Some things mean some things to different people and something entirely different to others.
Some things such as respect, duty, honour, honesty and truth mean more to some than to others,
The same seems to apply to the way the Laws of the Land are interpreted and administered, what was and is still being promised is a far cry from what we are getting in many cases.
It was always my assumption that these Laws were quite specific and clear and applied to all equally and without qualification or prejudice.
It was my belief that no one was above the Law.
It was also my contention that Police officers, while using some reasonable discretion in the enforcement of these Laws were bound by sworn oath that they would uphold and enforce those Laws to the best of their abilities, despite the fact that in doing so, they would be severely tested and at times the job would put them in harm’s way and in the face of great temptation, and that would be the test of their mettle, their worth, their word and their morals.
Apparently there are some members of the various Polices agencies who have a quite a different take on the subject.
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Hey now what’s that sound?
Could this be the beginning of a new era in the land of the Trillium where liberties are being taken with the rights and freedoms of certain groups of citizens that are not allowed with others in what has been a multi-tiered Justice system for as long as I remember but it is rapidly getting worse.
The recent happenings at the Orangeville Legion where the LLBO placed restrictions on the Legions Liquor license and with definitions provided by the local police denied access to anyone wearing any kind of patch or support items that related to any “Motorcycle gang” which according to their interpretation, included groups like the 1st Cavs, Southern Cruisers and any other group who wore a patch.
This effectively ruined what had always been a very well attended event foul weather or fair and gives the Legion much needed support.
Clubs of all stripes have always supported this event and there has never been any trouble of any sort.
This year however, due to heavy handed tactics by certain Government agencies and Law Enforcement groups the rights and freedoms of Canadian Citizens were violated!
This included our veterans!
This was to my mind, totally unacceptable and a complete travesty.
There were rumours to the effect that The Deck had received a sixty day suspension of their Liquor license because there had been clubs in attendance at their Show and Shine the week before.
These rumours were totally unfounded as I discovered when I stopped by the Deck on my way home.
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There has been a lot about Police in the news lately, what with the Cop threatening to Taser handcuffed prisoners in the testicles, the mishandling of the G- 20 fiasco, that scumbag, murdering piece of shit Richard Wills abusing the system and a collection of other stories that I’m sure most cops would love to see go away.
It’s got to make a difficult job even harder when stories like this unfold in the news.
No one wants to be tarnished or have your profession tarnished by the actions of another who obviously doesn’t place the same value or take the same pride in his/her work that you do and have to make excuses for these others just because they wear the same uniform, work for the same company, are in the same club or any number of scenarios.
Your worth should be established by your performance of your job.
No one likes to be ridiculed or have the job they do ridiculed as we all want to feel that we have value as a human being and members of society and the work force.
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There is a statement that I thought that Julian Fantino had long ago sent to the list of the biggest lies ever told and ranks right up there with “The check is in the mail.” “And I won’t come in your mouth.” But there it was in print in a story about yet more Cops charged with various offences.
“Innocent until proven guilty.” Was what Mike McCormack head of the police association was quoted as saying?
Is this then just something that is reserved exclusively for police, politicians and others that aren’t members of the general public or mere Citizens?
I had thought that with Lord Julian’s ramming of Draconian changes in laws through and down our throats, that any thoughts of “Innocent until proven guilty.” Were like Leprechauns and Unicorns and other mythical things.
But apparently these things still do exist in the realm of the Police and other such supreme beings!
Otherwise why would young Mike even mention it?
It must still exist in some form accessible only by some secret code so that we mere mortals cannot access it!
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