What do you do when citizens believe that democratic rights should be more than an illusion? Call in the authorities to remind them of their true place in the foodchain.
On a related topic, The Star's Rosie DiManno has an excoriating assessment of yet another free pass given by the SIU to the officers involved in the 'high-risk' takedown of 80-year-old Iole Pasquale, the dementia sufferer who was tasered, not once but twice, while meandering down the street in the middle of the night in late August holding a bread knife.
Says DiManno:
... as SIU head Ian Scott noted in his reasons for not laying a charge, the cops had no knowledge of Pasquale’s mental condition, although they suspected there might be synapses misfiring in the poor woman’s brain. And Pasquale was non-compliant, which is the de facto rationale just about any time an officer resorts to escalating forcefulness.
Clearly not the finest hour for either the Peel Police or the SIU, if the latter has indeed ever had one.
Hello Lorne, welcome back from your vacations. I am having some computers vows. As soon as the problems are fixed I will be in touch again.
ReplyDeleteI hope you had great holidays.
Thanks LD. The holiday was good, but unfortunately the weather was quite poor, with only three days of sun. The rest of the time it was heavily overcast and frequently rainy. It's good to be back home.
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