Judging
When will anyone take the police seriously?
When will judges take the police seriously?
It is most discouraging to learn that the man who has most probably murdered his children in Merritt was in custody the other day and, against the recommendations of the police, the judge ordered him released.
Within hours, the man's children were dead.
Will that judge retire? Will he be filled with remorse, sadness, shame, sickness?
No one can prevent lunacy when it is determined to emerge.
But from time to time, sensible people can PAY ATTENTION.
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Nothing will happen to the judge and legions of Canadians will defend him, saying that "he was following the law" and that "not defending the rights of the accused is a slippery slope".
How did we ever get to this moronic state of affairs?
Does this man's image remind you of a famous old painting?
It has been reported that this gentleman suffered from mental illness.
Another reason to ask why lack of funding has allowed us to reach a point where the mentally ill wander untreated in our communities?
The charter of Rights and Freedom is now being abused by saying that the mentally ill have rights as well.Can't put them in hospital against their will.
If they become violent, go to court and get let off right away.
They should have the RIGHT to
treatment. Way before they become a danger to society.
Why things have to get to this is beyond me.
Children need to be protected (not only from their own parents) but from a lazy,look the other way society.
This guy, by all reports, belonged not in the "justice" system, but rather, in the mental health system. Which of course, is woefully inadequate to the job.(lack of a beating a dead horse icon).
That said, he was before a judge, and the judge screwed up big time.
In the good old days he might have lost his head, literally (I know, I know, just an old man reminiscing), but he should at least lose his job.
The blame, if the correct term to use, sits squarely on the shoulders of the present government. Trouble is they have the PR folks to deflect blame somewhere else. To be trite, the poor, the sick and insane are not even on the radar screen for 'our betters' who are using government to line their pockets with public assets. I wonder what history will make of this group of Robber Barons over in Victoria?
Actually the police can arrest someone under the Mental Health Act and take them to a hospital for assessment. Probably there's no adequate facility with a psychiatrist anywhere near Merritt. Which, of course, begs the question, why wasn't he getting treatment when he lived in the lower mainland? Perhaps police aren't trained that assaulting a woman may be a sign of something serious.
As a former Peace Officer I concurr that an individual can be arrested under the Mental Health Act. It require 2 Doctor's signatures. One Doctor on the "outside" and 1 in the Hospital is suffice. He/she can be held for THREE days. End of story, they are back out in our midst. And on a even more somber note, this Individual is 1 of hundreds/thousands amongst us.....
I finally figured out who Allan Schoenborn looks like.
Vincent Van Gogh, and his dog's name is "Van Gogh"!
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