That whole Saskatoon story is pretty sick. Do you have a link to the article?
The Twit MP was almost our government, think about it. These are the types that are members of the Alliance party. Lets not confuse the names either, Alliance party. One night in one of our larger cities, I'm not going to name it cause it's only my word that this happened and I'm sure not all the cops in this city were involved, I was walking home from a nightclub rather late I might add when I saw the Police doing something unbelievable. As in all our magor cities there are street people, living under bridges, our in a back alley, or by creeks. The police were throwing these street people in the creek, if they got out ,they got out, if they didn't, they didn't. I was rather young and I actually feared for my life, the only time i have I might add. As all police are not white knights, they are also not all scum. But with any power comes people who want to abuse it or want it to satisfy sick desires. These people are everywhere, police, politics, what ever. Just don't hate all cops as scum bags, but don't believe they are the all good either. That goes for politicians to.
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That is brutal, I didn't hear about that at all. It's a shame anyone should be a target of that bull shit! that bit about raising money just makes it that much worse...they should all go to jail for life and get ass blasted by some guy named BUBBA
I say let the poor cops out of jail clear there record and give them their jobs back.
But first they both have to stand outside for two hours in -25, then walk the same distance that they made the outer guy walk.
Oh yes no snow suits, just jeans and a jacket.
After all that they can take a sensitive course and work with native people exclusively.
Where is the link to the original story? This is like a kids schoolyard, "He said." "She said." story that rouses the rabble but doesn't have anything to it. Maybe the cops dropped someone off at the edge of town. Maybe he said that is what he wanted. I dunno. I ain't gonna bitch about something I don't know all the facts on.
I'm all for First Peoples right, but what right was violated here? Drunks can be stupid. I saw a guy that had hired my folks to give him a lift try to fight with my dad because we had arrived where he wanted to go and then didn't want to leave the car. I have driven people 20 miles on their request only to have them tell me they changed their minds and want to go somewhere else. Any frozen night you see drunks improperly dressed wandering about Belleville.
Posting this kind of bullshit doesn't do anyone any good. Push people's buttons about questionable poor mistreated minorities being preyed upon by not convicted so called nasty goons somewhere else.
There is no way the police could argue this one.
IF there was liquor involved and I do stress IF.
Then it is more reason that the officers either take the man into custody or drive him home.
It was very cold the man was not in any state to make a good decision as to what was in his best interest .
Alcohol and cold do not (contrary to popular belief) mix.
Drinking will hasten hyperthermia,not warm you up.
These police officers have heard of, if not seen first hand the results of hyperthermia and alcohol and should have acted to protect this mans life.
Hey fig, you haven't a clue on this particular topic so why jump in like that?
I still lived in SK when this went down and those cops got off WAY too easy.
I've been following this shit for a while now. First of all, it isn't exactly a well-kept secret that police in Saskatoon (and Regina, and Winnipeg) have a very real problem with prejudice against natives. It's also no secret that police in some places, not just Saskatoon, have been known to drop natives off out in the middle of nowhere as a result. The only real mystery here is how the Regina City Police have managed not to caught.
You want to do an experiment, Fig? Become friendly with some cops from any of the three cities I named, feed them a little beer (it really doesn't take much...sometimes none at all) and see how long it takes for them to utter the phrase, "Fucking Indian," or something equally stupid and telling.
I'm not surprised that a Reform/Alliance/Conservative MP is doing his best to protect cops who use their power to act on their prejudices. I've been watching these guys in action since the party was just a twinkle in the eyes of Ted Byfield and Preston Manning. I have a scar under my eye (and likely a few on my soul) that resulted from one of my friends protesting against the brutally stupid racism expressed at one of their early meetings.
I said I didn't know the full story and my whole point was that someone shouldn't just put up one part of one side of a story like that. It's easy to day, "Germans eat babies." or "People with elongated earlobes are the most likely suspects in an axe murder case." or "Police leave natives along side the road to freeze and this politician thinks it is a good idea.", but if you can't say they have been convicted of that you are just rumourmongering and that is wrong. I asked for a link to a story that shows this to be true, but don't see it yet. That politician has a case for defamation of character here. The only charge mentioned is unlawful confinement.
Hmmm...look up the J.J. Harper thing in Winnipeg and what came out of that. Pay attention to the Neil Stonechild case. Talk to any number of our aboriginal people.
Don't take my word for it, don't listen to rumours, go check it out for yourself, Fig. Go make friends with a native or two. Experience what it's like to get pulled over for DWI (Driving While Indian). Maybe date a girl who to be a little aboriginal and listen to some cocksucker in a uniform call her "squaw" on the side of the highway for NO reason.
Go find the original story yourself, Fig. I know CBC covered it. Pretty sure that it'll in the Asper's archives somplace too. More impotantly, forget about the media...you can learn the truth very easily. All it takes is to go live it.
I am friends with a lot of natives. I go to the Pow Wow every year and can show you lovely pictures if you like. I know about the thing at Ipperwash and think it is disgusting, but what you seem to think is normal day to day stuff in your 'hood is thirty years or more in the past here. To anyone in the Quinte area the issue is as dead as the Spanish Inquisition.
Amnesty International - Frozen Dead Indians
You know, I don't have a problem with this guy looking out for his KKK buddies, as long as he spent the same amount of time and energy looking for the guys who killed these Indians.
Its fucking sick, they got a slap on the wrist for this shit and by god its going to stop. If these fukkers get away with this, its not going to be good for ANYONE in this province or country.
And I got to explain to my kids why why killing an Indian is not as bad as killing a white man.
Those kunts should have been fried and left to rot for violating the trust of our people, yet our elected leaders step in and try to save them?
SICK!