Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

[Halifax Tar]

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but seems like a general case of the 'Streisand effect'. The threats to charge her seem pretty spurious though, and again, seems like that port briefing of 'Don't go to x', which is of course the first place people look for.

Military police threaten to charge cheeky entrepreneur for selling sex to soldiers

I'm not sure this is a can of worms we want to open up.

 

[dangerboy]

It is hard to believe they would waste time going after her on such petty charges when they decided not to go after Maj Chledowski who called on police and military personnel to rise up against the federal government over COVID-19 pandemic regulations.

 

[Halifax Tar]

It is hard to believe they would waste time going after her on such petty charges when they decided not to go after Maj Chledowski who called on police and military personnel to rise up against the federal government over COVID-19 pandemic regulations.

It's begs the question, doesn't it ?

 

[brihard]

Yeah, they're out to lunch. No way they'd prove the requisite intent for a s.419 charge. It's just the chain of command and MPs being big mad because theyir troops make poor life choices.

 

[dapaterson]

Yeah, they're out to lunch. No way they'd prove the requisite intent for a s.419 charge. It's just the chain of command and MPs being big mad because theyir troops make poor life choices.

Yes, becoming an MP is indeed a poor life choice.

 

[brihard]

I'm not sure this is a can of worms we want to open up.

I'm released and am absolutely positive this is a can of worms we want to open up for our own entertainment.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I'm released and am absolutely positive this is a can of worms we want to open up for our own entertainment.

Check out the CAF meme pages... Mission accomplished lol

 

[Haggis]

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but seems like a general case of the 'Streisand effect'. The threats to charge her seem pretty spurious though, and again, seems like that port briefing of 'Don't go to x', which is of course the first place people look for.

Military police threaten to charge cheeky entrepreneur for selling sex to soldiers

Oh for goodness sakes, Are we still looking for "x"?

 

[dimsum]

Oh for goodness sakes, Are we still looking for "x"?

I find it hilarious that the article covers up one of the letters in her website with an asterisk.

I have absolutely no idea what that letter could be…

 

[lenaitch]

I won’t offer any comment on the subsequent arrest part of it; that’s up to the arresting officer to articulate his grounds- but crowding a minister with a protective detail into a wall is definitely going to get you intervened with.

It’s interesting that Freeland has a protective detail now.

I dunno. If that was close protection it was pretty loose. Site security maybe.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

At least they put the article in the Business section.

 

[Good2Golf]

I dunno. If that was close protection it was pretty loose. Site security maybe.

It almost looked like Freeland drew him into cannelizing ground and the DPMPD flanked him…

 

[brihard]

I dunno. If that was close protection it was pretty loose. Site security maybe.

Looking at it a second time I’m pretty sure you’re right. Plainclothes site member, not a VIP detail. The camera pans away at a key moment, but it looks like Menzies was trying to push past the officer to get back to Freeland.

The officer has absolutely nothing to worry about professionally or legally. He’s definitely gonna get doxed and harassed though.

 

[OldSolduer]

It is hard to believe they would waste time going after her on such petty charges when they decided not to go after Maj Chledowski who called on police and military personnel to rise up against the federal government over COVID-19 pandemic regulations.

Hmmmmm rules for thee.....

I'm released and am absolutely positive this is a can of worms we want to open up for our own entertainment.

I second the motion. All in favor??

 

[Navy_Pete]

The bit that I find funny is they are trying to link this to sexual exploitation under CAF ethics, so if they tried to add something like that to a charge under sexual misconduct, could the defense possibly call her as a witness? (I think there used to be an actual can of worms emoticon)

 

[Jarnhamar]

RCMP officer under review after arresting Rebel News commentator David Menzies for 'assault'​

Well-known leftist activist Desmond Cole also decried the arrest of Menzies.
“David Menzies is gross, but for those saying he isn’t a real journalist: should the police be able to block the path of, and then arrest, anyone who wants to question a politician in public?” Cole said on X.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Sorry, I know I should, but I can't trust the system to police itself anymore. Whether the RCMP, ethics committee, budget office or parliament in general. It seems there's always lots of verbage, lots of flash and lots of finger pointing, but then things quietly slip off the table and become nothing more than a late Friday one line summation in the news. I'll wait for the review to be made public before I comment further.

 

[QV]

Yeah, they're out to lunch. No way they'd prove the requisite intent for a s.419 charge. It's just the chain of command and MPs being big mad because theyir troops make poor life choices.

I can say with fair certainty the MPs (excluding commissioned ones) give zero fucks here. More likely the ever present and often denied inappropriate chain of command influence on police actions played a huge part.

 

[QV]

RCMP officer under review after arresting Rebel News commentator David Menzies for 'assault'​

Top liked comment reads: "So cops can serve coffee to HAMAS, but asking a question is cause for arrest? Oh my..."

Nuances aside, the 5-0 sure aren't endearing themselves to the public lately.

 

[Booter]

if you’ll all recall- Freeland was dogged by a lunatic in grande prairie last year and is subject to a lot of increased security in several cases.

I don’t think this was handled well at all. But there are lots of increasing security issues surrounding the current government. Maybe it’ll be the same with another party- could just be how things are now.

But the interactions are increasing hostile, even if in this particular case it’s just hack journalism.