WATERLOO REGION RECORD EDITORIAL

Yesterday's Waterloo Region (K-W) Record had a very interesting Editorial titled : " A fake handgun, a real headache". The Record appropriately point out the obvious namely: "...police committed significant errors last week" . This of course involves the Jessie Sansone case. The Record further states that if there were legitimate concerns for a child's safety then first and foremost a conversation and questions needed to be asked. One of the reasons I'm doubtful that there ever was a legitimate child safety concern is exactly because of the lack of straightforward questions asked. As the Record further states: "Handcuffing someone is hardly an opening for a friendly chit-chat. Arrest and confinement do not qualify as polite dialogue." Mr. Sansone at that point in time had every right to tell the Regional Police to go fuck themselves; he wanted to speak to a lawyer. Further our idiot Police didn't even tell Mr. Sansone the reason why he had been arrested and charged; namely because his four year old daughter drew a picture. This was for a reason. It was an idiotic excuse to arrest, confine and charge a citizen AND THE POLICE BLOODY WELL KNEW IT FROM THE GET GO. My suspicion is that they are so politicized that they are constantly trying to up their, in reality, falling violent crime statistics. I'll just bet that these same police have this whole file under the umbrella of a firearms incident. They never had any intention of clearing this up with a few inquiries or background check on Mr. Sansone. The Police WANTED to make a mountain out of a molehill. They as well as Childrens' Aid in my opinion are constantly looking for reasons to justify their existence and more importantly their budgets. As of this point in time those two groups as well as the School Board have offerred no apologies whatsoever. They are still too busy defending their indefensible behaviour. This is clear evidence as to how out of touch they are with the public and with common sense. What is even scarier is how out of touch they are with the concept of democracy and human rights. They are so far down the path of self righteousness, self importance and non accountability there is virtually nothing in their eyes that they can do wrong. Shame on the pack of them.

PROVINCIAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO UNIMPRESS

Today's Waterloo Region (K-W) Record advises us that the province of ontario have filed a Notice of Appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal. The title of the story is "Ontario appeals judge's decision to strike minimum sentence". This original decision was described here in the advocate on February 14/12. The convicted person was in his cousin's locked apartment alone at 2 am. mugging in front of a camera while holding his cousin's gun. In stormed the police on another matter only to find this unfortunate fellow holding his cousin's gun. The three year minimum sentence clearly was out of all proportion to the "crime" and the Judge was very clear on that. The province and the Attorney general seem to feel otherwise and wish to send this person to jail for three years. Please explain to me not again but just once who exactly the victim is of this fellow's solo attempt to play cowboys and Indians for the camera, inside a locked apartment at 2 am..

POLICE COVERUP JUST BEGINNING

Today's Waterloo Region (K-W) Record carrys this story "Dad's arrest to get police review". Chief Matt Torrigan's feelings have been hurt. He was called names and stated "They were incredibly ill-informed and vitriolic" . Poor baby. How informed was he when he arrested, handcuffed and strip searched Jesse Sansone last week? "Vitriolic" oh no ! That must be so much worse than being assaulted, kidnapped and your home invaded.

Mr. Sansone is on the right track. Any Police "review" will be a typical whitewash. Mr. Sansone has hired a lawyer. The whole problem will be that this becomes a civil issue rather than a criminal one. The Police committed criminal behaviour that would land any of the rest of us behind bars. Instead they will be sued civilly, lose and then pay off with a confidentiality clause included all the while using taxpayers funds to bail themselves out. The system stinks and that's exactly how it's been set up to protect the guilty when they have the blessing of the politically powerful. This was a blatant case of arbitrary arrest and detention based on NOTHING. Testimony was privately coerced from a FOUR YEAR OLD who drew a picture of a toy gun. Clearly our Police, Children's Aid, and Schools are too stupid and arrogant to lower themselves to politely and respectfully engage a parent in conversation. This is the problem. They have no respect for the citizens they are supposed to protect. Matt Torrigan's words are nothing but wind. This includes his comments that "police don't routinely strip-search people placed in holding cells." The truth is that they discriminate based on prejudice, bias and politics. Peaceful women protesters in Guelph were strip-searched three years ago. I was strip-searched by the Regional police many years ago due to a dispute with the School Board. The charge was Trespass. Citizens are routinely strip-searched by the Police simply to intimidate and humiliate while making the Police feel omnipotent. Waterloo Regional Police have strip-searched suspects and then marched them naked past female cops. Do you really believe there is some overiding police procedure or policy that justifys or explains that? BULLSHIT. Our cops are unaccountable bullies who desperately need a swift kick in the teeth to make them accountable to us, the citizens.

4 YEAR OLD DRAWS A GUN

There are a number of reasonable explanations as to why authorities apparently overeacted and arrested, charged, strip searched, harassed and searched a citizen's home. First and foremost you must look at the overall context. The School Board just a few short years ago looked hopelessly inept and out of touch in regards to the Ron Archer affair. Mr. Archer was a long time teacher with a nasty habit of sexually assaulting and harassing children. The School Board were strongly criticized for their policies including my favourite known as "passing the trash". With this policy the Board simply looked the other way so as not to offend the Teachers Union. The bad apple (teacher) was then transferred to another school sometimes over and over again if necessary. It's fair to say that our School Board got their image badly burned over that behaviour. Further context would be the Regional Police losing a loaded handgun a few years ago in front of Kitchener Collegiate. To date it's never been found although they did charge an indiviual with the theft of it, however he was acquitted in court. It probably didn't help that the Police still couldn't find the gun. Therefore my theory is that our Regional Police are desperate for a clue, any clue. Along comes a four year old child with a picture of a gun. This is probably the best clue they've had in this case hence they leaped when the overzealous teacher (see above) and the always overzealous and financially motivated CAS seized the four year old and her siblings. Hey when you're desperate to restore your tattered image having to sacrifce a few pawns is a small price for them to pay to make you look better. Keep in mind even the CAS have been under considerable pressure of late due to their alleged overzealousness and willingness to break up families.

So how do we improve the situation? What have we learned? I would suggest that both the CAS and teachers pay close attention. I'm out of my depth in discussing crystal balls and or mind reading but I can "read" pictures at least as good as any teacher out there. Following is a primer on how teachers and CAS can more accurately read and interpret childrens' drawings. Airplane pictures- a no brainer. We all know this represents drug smugglers. Break down the parents doors. Boats- Same thing as planes. Clearly the child knows about drug smuggling using boats. Dog pictures- This is a clear emergency. Pit bulls are life threatening and the authorities must absolutely leap here because afterall Ontario is currently discussing lifting the pitbull ban and you have to act before that happens. A picture of a bottle- Also a no brainer. Do you think a four year old can spell much less say Brewers Retail? Hardly. Raid the home, the dirty parents are probably drinking beer. Balloons- again this is a clear emergency. No four year old knows what a condom is but we all know that a condom blown up looks like a ballon. You can't take chances here. Sexual abuse is a dirty business and what right thinking person would ever fault you for being a little proactive? A picture of a book- This could easily be a Manual for making explosives. The parents may well be international terrorists in which case they have no civil rights anyways. Drawings of apples and bananas- Go back to the picture of a balloon. Do you really think the child is drawing friut? Hardly! Check the shape of that banana again. Clearly this is an indication of a child under great duress in the home and there is no such thing as overeaction here.

Teachers and CAS workers you have been blessed with little or no accountability for a reason. Your judgement, experience and education are almost second to none. Do not hesitate to impose your values and judgements on others. Be forever vigilant because there is evil in the world and you are the true superheroes.

MORE COMMENTS RE: 4 YEAR OLD"s ARTWORK

This is a followup posting regarding the below posting titled "ARE THEY COMPLETELY NUTS". The answer as stated earlier is yes and no. There is more going on here than just plain stupidity. The comments from the alleged "authorities" vary from illiogical to blatant lies. Allison Scott of Family and Chidrens' Services said "Our community would have an expectation if comments are made about a gun in a house, we'd be obligated to investigate that to ensure everything is safe." BULLSHIT you stupid twit ! Comments from a four year old. NO !!! "...a gun in a house..." . NO !!! Guns are not illegal in this country. A gun outside in the playground yes. A gun found inside a school or daycare yes. You ignorant intrusive, stupid, know it all ! "...obligated to investigate..." Again NO !!! And furthermore you didn't investigate and neither did the idiot Police. You called the Police and according to Insp. Kevin Thaler there was a complaint that "a firearm was in a residence and children had access to it." So who is the liar here? It's either Childrens' Aid or the Police or both.

Further the Principal Steve Zack claims that the law requires them to report anything involving the safety or neglect of a child. It was a picture and comment from a four year old child for God's sake. "Safety" Bullshit! You made no attempt to determine or clarify anything. A couple of neurotic, paranoid educational "professionals" set off the arrest, detention, interrogation and home invasion of a family. Finally the Police claim that the strip search was done "for officer safety, because it's a firearms related incident.". LIAR AGAIN ! One it was NOT a firearms incident and two the Regional Police routinely strip search suspects on any charges including minor trespass just because they can. It's for control and humiliation of suspects. That is the "purpose". Regional Police you are beneath contempt.

ARE THEY COMPLETELY NUTS ?

The answer is yes and no. What is becoming more and more apparent over the last few decades is that our authorities are becoming completely unaccountable. The front page of today's Waterloo Region (K-W) Record carrys this story: "Girl's school drawing of gun gets dad arrested, strip searched". The girl was FOUR YEARS OLD !!! The School Principal Steve Zack, Family and Children's Services Director Alison Scott and the Regional Police Chief should all be publicly horsewhipped. This of course will never happen because we citizens of this country have all been pacified into submission. What really should happen and again never will, is that those three people should be criminally charged with assault and kidnapping because that is precisely what all three did or directly contributed to. That is why I suggested the corporal punishment because it's clear that our laws do not apply to our own authorities. Do you realize that citizens of this country are far more likely to be assaulted, humiliated and degraded by our own authorities than they are by criminals?

The four year old child drew a picture of a man holding a gun and when asked by her teacher said "That's my daddy's. He uses it to shoot bad guys and monsters." Who the hell but autocratic, unaccountable idiots use that as "evidence" to kidnap and assault the father, terrorize the mother and children and immorally and ILLEGALLY search their home ? In a nutshell our Police, our School authorities and Child Welfare. If this family had a million dollars AND a decade of time they MIGHT get justice but don't hold your breathe. All three of these groups would simply use taxpayers own money to buy themselves out of trouble. They screw us individually at will and then payoff with our money the odd time they get caught. And you think Syria, Egypt and Libya are third world undemocratic countries? Welcome to Canada.

TWO CLASSES OF JUSTICE?

Today's Waterloo Region (K-W) Record has a very large and very disturbing story. The title is "OPP officer charged in buggy collision". The title of this posting might also be Two Classes of Citizens. Our Mennonite neighbours both here in Waterloo Region and in Mount Forest where the crash took place are known for their forgiveness. That however should not excuse the Justice System from doing its' duty. An off duty OPP officer drove into the back of a horse and buggy at high speed in a 50 km zone on a clear day. Nowhere in this article is mentioned whether a breathalizer test was administered. Neither I nor anyone else at this point in time knows whether one should have been. This officer was given a break in the choice of charges laid. Instead of Dangerous Driving, he was charged with Careless Driving. Eventually! It took three months , Editorials in the local paper and an anonymous letter to politicians and the media before any charges were laid. All during this time the OPP officer was not identified by the Police or Crown although locals all knew who had been driving.

While I have no difficulty believing that all segments of our society are not treated equally, nevertheless I find this story very odd. One of the less desireable tenets of our Justice System is their insistence on being treated always with respect. Any lack of respect in the courtroom quickly leads to Contempt charges. Also the Judicial System usually insists upon Justice being seen to be done. This again goes back to their own penchant for always having to be treated with respect if not reverence. To my eye it's almost as if secretly they fear being ridiculed and laughed at. That is why I find this story so unusual. Justice has not remotely been seen to be done so far. IF and I say if this Officer has been given special treatment it surely is going to bite our Judicial System in the butt and someone is going to have to pay for that.