American law imposed on Canadian soil
Pay attention. The Americans are already on Canadian soil, imposing their laws. And the Canadian police are cooperating.First example:
Cop wins RCMP settlement after highway search
VANCOUVER– A Vancouver man has won an out-of-court settlement from the RCMP after an incident in which he says he was illegally searched.
David Laing says police overstepped the law when they stopped his car, decided he was driving under the influence of marijuana, and searched his vehicle and two-year-old son.
Under Canadian law, that kind of search is illegal.
What upset Laing even more is that some the officers he tangled with were actually American police officers.
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The man was a Texas state trooper. The RCMP brought the Texans up to help them learn how to identify drug traffickers.
Laing refused to let the officers search his car. He knew that under Canadian law, police officers don't have the right to perform that kind of search.
Laing is a Vancouver cop.
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Mollard says Laing's case presents a series of concerns – from using unreliable profiling techniques to a wrongful vehicle search, not to mention using an American police officer to pull over Canadians.
He says his association will be writing the RCMP to complain about the profiling techniques and remind them of the rights Canadians have under the law.
Did you read and understand that? Did you get it? Americans imposing their profiling on Canadian citizens, over whom they have no jurisdiction, at the invitation of the RCMP.
This alone would be an atrocity. But there's much more.
posted by Phyl @ 6:25 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Phyl:
Checked out your website -fabulous - and I was immersed very quickly in the Helix novel and also with your links. Brava on Helix, is it finished?
I have one novel finished, one novel 2/3 of the way and one novel 1/3. Also write articles for an Irish emigrant magazine and you've seen my blog 'wisewebwoman'.
I am working on some short stories at the mo but like yourself, need the day job to pay the bills.
I am also a Leo, have a dog "Ansa", a rescue who found me. A wonderful spirit, she lies at my feet as I write. Many cats have walked in and out of my life the most memorable being Walter (my biker boy) who had command of a huge territory, a city block in Toronto and was twice the size of my dog of the time and would protect her fiercely.
I know, I know, the state of the world gets me so down at times and it is refreshing to hear voices like yours and I agree, the weasels have their eyes on our water, 'twould justify an invasion. Doncha just love our Maude Barlowe???
Keep in touch.
Mary
PS email to your sympatico account bounced.
my email is mary@greatcalculations.com
I remember this story, good to hear the pulled-over guy won in a settlement.
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