Northern B.C. homicide witnesses silenced by gang fears
Newsbot @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:39 pm
Title: Northern B.C. homicide witnesses silenced by gang fears
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Strutz
Date: 2012-10-17 21:53:24
Canadian
RUEZ @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:39 pm
I never met this man but I knew his mom. Up until now the local news refered to a discovery of his remains in an empty house. I never knew he had been tortured and decapitated. It really amazes me what a human being can do to another just for drugs or money. It's also quite pathetic that people know who did this and they are to cowardly to come forward.
ShepherdsDog @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:46 pm
What gets me is the attitude of some who could help catch murderers. We doan like duh cops, so we ain gunna help dem, evin' if we know summin'
Curtman @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:48 pm
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Fears of a violent gang are keeping some northern B.C. residents from sharing information about the torture and decapitation of a young man following a party last winter, CBC News has learned.
In other news...
MLA Joan McIntyre joins Kash Heed, calls for regulation and taxation
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BC LIBERAL GOVERNMENT CAUCUS
STATEMENT
For immediate release
October 18, 2012
VICTORIA – Today, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre released the following statement in support of Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed’s call for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
“I join my colleague MLA Kash Heed in support of the legalization of marijuana. Like MLA Heed, I believe that ending the prohibition of marijuana will make our communities safer by taking the industry out of the hands of organized crime. Kash Heed and other experts, such as Dr. Julio Montaner and Dr. Evan Wood of the organization, Stop the Violence BC, believe that marijuana prohibition increases gang violence in our province – violence which does not take place in a silo, but rather on the streets of our communities, putting B.C. families at risk.
“Prohibition has required a substantial investment in our police services, and places a heavy financial burden on the taxpayer. I believe, as my colleague Kash Heed does, that it draws police resources and capacity away from other, more pragmatic areas which would make our communities safer.
“In spite of the dedicated efforts of our police in B.C., a war on drugs only serves to drive organized crime further underground; it fails to end the cycle of violence and drug use, but succeeds in draining our coffers.
“I believe we need a paradigm shift from prohibition to one of regulation and taxation, making B.C. safer for us all.”
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Media contact: Mark Knudsen, BC Government Caucus Communications, (250) 356-1539
STATEMENT
For immediate release
October 18, 2012
VICTORIA – Today, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre released the following statement in support of Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed’s call for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
“I join my colleague MLA Kash Heed in support of the legalization of marijuana. Like MLA Heed, I believe that ending the prohibition of marijuana will make our communities safer by taking the industry out of the hands of organized crime. Kash Heed and other experts, such as Dr. Julio Montaner and Dr. Evan Wood of the organization, Stop the Violence BC, believe that marijuana prohibition increases gang violence in our province – violence which does not take place in a silo, but rather on the streets of our communities, putting B.C. families at risk.
“Prohibition has required a substantial investment in our police services, and places a heavy financial burden on the taxpayer. I believe, as my colleague Kash Heed does, that it draws police resources and capacity away from other, more pragmatic areas which would make our communities safer.
“In spite of the dedicated efforts of our police in B.C., a war on drugs only serves to drive organized crime further underground; it fails to end the cycle of violence and drug use, but succeeds in draining our coffers.
“I believe we need a paradigm shift from prohibition to one of regulation and taxation, making B.C. safer for us all.”
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Media contact: Mark Knudsen, BC Government Caucus Communications, (250) 356-1539
RUEZ @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:53 pm
Curtman Curtman:
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Fears of a violent gang are keeping some northern B.C. residents from sharing information about the torture and decapitation of a young man following a party last winter, CBC News has learned.
In other news...
MLA Joan McIntyre joins Kash Heed, calls for regulation and taxation
$1:
BC LIBERAL GOVERNMENT CAUCUS
STATEMENT
For immediate release
October 18, 2012
VICTORIA – Today, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre released the following statement in support of Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed’s call for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
“I join my colleague MLA Kash Heed in support of the legalization of marijuana. Like MLA Heed, I believe that ending the prohibition of marijuana will make our communities safer by taking the industry out of the hands of organized crime. Kash Heed and other experts, such as Dr. Julio Montaner and Dr. Evan Wood of the organization, Stop the Violence BC, believe that marijuana prohibition increases gang violence in our province – violence which does not take place in a silo, but rather on the streets of our communities, putting B.C. families at risk.
“Prohibition has required a substantial investment in our police services, and places a heavy financial burden on the taxpayer. I believe, as my colleague Kash Heed does, that it draws police resources and capacity away from other, more pragmatic areas which would make our communities safer.
“In spite of the dedicated efforts of our police in B.C., a war on drugs only serves to drive organized crime further underground; it fails to end the cycle of violence and drug use, but succeeds in draining our coffers.
“I believe we need a paradigm shift from prohibition to one of regulation and taxation, making B.C. safer for us all.”
-30-
Media contact: Mark Knudsen, BC Government Caucus Communications, (250) 356-1539
STATEMENT
For immediate release
October 18, 2012
VICTORIA – Today, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre released the following statement in support of Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed’s call for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
“I join my colleague MLA Kash Heed in support of the legalization of marijuana. Like MLA Heed, I believe that ending the prohibition of marijuana will make our communities safer by taking the industry out of the hands of organized crime. Kash Heed and other experts, such as Dr. Julio Montaner and Dr. Evan Wood of the organization, Stop the Violence BC, believe that marijuana prohibition increases gang violence in our province – violence which does not take place in a silo, but rather on the streets of our communities, putting B.C. families at risk.
“Prohibition has required a substantial investment in our police services, and places a heavy financial burden on the taxpayer. I believe, as my colleague Kash Heed does, that it draws police resources and capacity away from other, more pragmatic areas which would make our communities safer.
“In spite of the dedicated efforts of our police in B.C., a war on drugs only serves to drive organized crime further underground; it fails to end the cycle of violence and drug use, but succeeds in draining our coffers.
“I believe we need a paradigm shift from prohibition to one of regulation and taxation, making B.C. safer for us all.”
-30-
Media contact: Mark Knudsen, BC Government Caucus Communications, (250) 356-1539
Gunnair @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:27 pm
Curtman Curtman:
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Fears of a violent gang are keeping some northern B.C. residents from sharing information about the torture and decapitation of a young man following a party last winter, CBC News has learned.
In other news...
MLA Joan McIntyre joins Kash Heed, calls for regulation and taxation
$1:
BC LIBERAL GOVERNMENT CAUCUS
STATEMENT
For immediate release
October 18, 2012
VICTORIA – Today, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre released the following statement in support of Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed’s call for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
“I join my colleague MLA Kash Heed in support of the legalization of marijuana. Like MLA Heed, I believe that ending the prohibition of marijuana will make our communities safer by taking the industry out of the hands of organized crime. Kash Heed and other experts, such as Dr. Julio Montaner and Dr. Evan Wood of the organization, Stop the Violence BC, believe that marijuana prohibition increases gang violence in our province – violence which does not take place in a silo, but rather on the streets of our communities, putting B.C. families at risk.
“Prohibition has required a substantial investment in our police services, and places a heavy financial burden on the taxpayer. I believe, as my colleague Kash Heed does, that it draws police resources and capacity away from other, more pragmatic areas which would make our communities safer.
“In spite of the dedicated efforts of our police in B.C., a war on drugs only serves to drive organized crime further underground; it fails to end the cycle of violence and drug use, but succeeds in draining our coffers.
“I believe we need a paradigm shift from prohibition to one of regulation and taxation, making B.C. safer for us all.”
-30-
Media contact: Mark Knudsen, BC Government Caucus Communications, (250) 356-1539
STATEMENT
For immediate release
October 18, 2012
VICTORIA – Today, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre released the following statement in support of Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed’s call for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.
“I join my colleague MLA Kash Heed in support of the legalization of marijuana. Like MLA Heed, I believe that ending the prohibition of marijuana will make our communities safer by taking the industry out of the hands of organized crime. Kash Heed and other experts, such as Dr. Julio Montaner and Dr. Evan Wood of the organization, Stop the Violence BC, believe that marijuana prohibition increases gang violence in our province – violence which does not take place in a silo, but rather on the streets of our communities, putting B.C. families at risk.
“Prohibition has required a substantial investment in our police services, and places a heavy financial burden on the taxpayer. I believe, as my colleague Kash Heed does, that it draws police resources and capacity away from other, more pragmatic areas which would make our communities safer.
“In spite of the dedicated efforts of our police in B.C., a war on drugs only serves to drive organized crime further underground; it fails to end the cycle of violence and drug use, but succeeds in draining our coffers.
“I believe we need a paradigm shift from prohibition to one of regulation and taxation, making B.C. safer for us all.”
-30-
Media contact: Mark Knudsen, BC Government Caucus Communications, (250) 356-1539
Irrelevant and terribly disrespectful.
Oh, and very predictable.
Curtman @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:57 pm
Not at all irrelevant.
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The family told CBC News they have heard that their son, who struggled with a cocaine addiction in the past, somehow ended up at a house on the reserve, where about two dozen people were partying on the night of his death.
On Feb. 3, 2012, RCMP investigators confirmed that the human remains located in a vacant property along Lower Road in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli reserve were identified as Fribjon Bjornson, 28, of Vanderhoof, B.C. (RCMP)
They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
On Feb. 3, 2012, RCMP investigators confirmed that the human remains located in a vacant property along Lower Road in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli reserve were identified as Fribjon Bjornson, 28, of Vanderhoof, B.C. (RCMP)
They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
The black market is what it is. You're either for it or against it.
Gunnair @ Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:01 pm
Curtman Curtman:
Not at all irrelevant.
The black market is what it is. You're either for it or against it.
$1:
The family told CBC News they have heard that their son, who struggled with a cocaine addiction in the past, somehow ended up at a house on the reserve, where about two dozen people were partying on the night of his death.
On Feb. 3, 2012, RCMP investigators confirmed that the human remains located in a vacant property along Lower Road in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli reserve were identified as Fribjon Bjornson, 28, of Vanderhoof, B.C. (RCMP)
They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
On Feb. 3, 2012, RCMP investigators confirmed that the human remains located in a vacant property along Lower Road in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli reserve were identified as Fribjon Bjornson, 28, of Vanderhoof, B.C. (RCMP)
They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
The black market is what it is. You're either for it or against it.
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They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
Of course only you would suggest that these gang members would not exist with legalized pot.
Yes, irrelevant.
Curtman @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:03 am
Gunnair Gunnair:
Curtman Curtman:
Not at all irrelevant.
The black market is what it is. You're either for it or against it.
$1:
The family told CBC News they have heard that their son, who struggled with a cocaine addiction in the past, somehow ended up at a house on the reserve, where about two dozen people were partying on the night of his death.
On Feb. 3, 2012, RCMP investigators confirmed that the human remains located in a vacant property along Lower Road in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli reserve were identified as Fribjon Bjornson, 28, of Vanderhoof, B.C. (RCMP)
They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
On Feb. 3, 2012, RCMP investigators confirmed that the human remains located in a vacant property along Lower Road in Fort St. James on the Nak'azdli reserve were identified as Fribjon Bjornson, 28, of Vanderhoof, B.C. (RCMP)
They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
The black market is what it is. You're either for it or against it.
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They say residents of the area have told them four or five gang members attacked Bjornson in the basement of the house, perhaps after learning he had just cashed a paycheque worth several thousand dollars.
Of course only you would suggest that these gang members would not exist with legalized pot drugs.
He never would have been there buying cocaine. He would never have met those people if he didn't have to go there to feed his addiction. The gangsters would have no reason to even know who he was. He should have been seeing doctors instead of gangsters for help. This is as close as prohibition gets to success. One less addict around right?
2Cdo @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:43 am
Curtman Curtman:
He never would have been there buying cocaine. He would never have met those people if he didn't have to go there to feed his addiction. The gangsters would have no reason to even know who he was. He should have been seeing doctors instead of gangsters for help. This is as close as prohibition gets to success. One less addict around right?
So how does making marijuana legal help a cocaine addict?
Regina @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:54 am
Curtman Curtman:
The black market is what it is. You're either for it or against it.
herbie @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:22 am
Totally off-track and nothing to do with the subject!
There's evil shit happening here and people are intimidated. Several unsolved killings, rumours flying and no results in sight.
How's about offering a solution that would work instead?
DrCaleb @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:23 am
RUEZ RUEZ:
I never met this man but I knew his mom.
I heard her pleas on CBC for someone to come forward with information.
Heart wrenching.
I guess I just don't get reserve culture.
andyt @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:25 am
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
RUEZ RUEZ:
I never met this man but I knew his mom.
I heard her pleas on CBC for someone to come forward with information.
Heart wrenching.
I guess I just don't get reserve culture.
Come on, we're not that different. Lots of gang killings go unsolved in whitey land too because nobody will talk as well.
Zipperfish @ Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:13 am
andyt andyt:
Come on, we're not that different. Lots of gang killings go unsolved in whitey land too because nobody will talk as well.
True. But I've also known since a young teenager to stay off the reserve if you're white and it's after dark.