Rcmp Probe Into Sexual Abuse Case - Possible Fraud

[Moderate Centrist]

I just read the following article which I thought was quite interesting on its' own and for my wider thoughts on crime and crime control in general.

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/12/16...6/f212.raw.html

The bottom line here is that the police (rightly) investigated hundreds of claims of sexual abuse and are now finding out that many of the claims are false and were filed by a

"a who's who of the criminal elite."

From the article.

My point is lives have been ruined and people's reputations permanently tarnished for nothing.

I am not criticizing the RCMP here, who plan on turning the investigation back on the claimants, but rather pointing out how easy it is to get caught up in a witch hunt.

I think it's important that the public understand that logic and reason and not revenge guide the administration of law in this country.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on either the specific story or law enforcement in general - perhaps as it pertains to immigrants and suppossed terrorists.

[Cameron]

Very good topic.

One case-in-point is the death of Nathanial Jones in Cincinnati and what some media are calling another cop beating death.

When the story first broke, it was all about "Another Rodney King..." and "Cops beat man to death..." But as the video and following evidence shows, he attacked the cops and they did what was necessary to defend themselves.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104563,00.html

http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentD...5212&catcode=10

I think the police do not get enough credit for what they do, they rick their lives for us every day, and people are looking to smear them every chance they get. As in the title of this topic, you can see how people try to smear the police in order to better themselves (or line their pockets with money, and then complain when the government makes cuts to programs...).

These cases have been comming to the surface for many years, we've all herd of them. Just last week there was the CBC documentary on the boarding house in New Brunswick and the interviewed testimony of abused men, now their stories are going to be scrutinized even more.

I do not want to discredit legitimate cases about people that have been abused, because people have been, and they got the money and apology from the government. I think the police do need to look at cases more closely and give scrutinize more. We are too complacent in this country, we need to grow some teeth!

[Alliance Fanatic]

I completely agree that Police Officer's do not get the respect they deserve. In Calgary one police officer had to shoot and kill a man who had tried to kill the officer, people in the sudanese community wanted that officer fired. Most police officer's are also under alot of pressure from the politically correct, and ultra-liberal government in Ottawa. I would like to become a mountie, however the hiring practices brought forward by the government are extremely biased against young white, caucasian males. For your RPAT, you must have the following scores.

White, male- 86%

White, Female- 74%

Ethnic Minority- 63%

My own view on policing is this, we should hire those who are most qualified for the job. I wanted to become a police officer ever since I was little, and would like to become part of the proud tradition of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, unfortuantely for me, in five years, if Sheilla Copp's has her way, no white males will be eligible for the police department. I'm sure this would seem fair to Siriff, and Hardner but.

One point I would like to also bring up is the issue of allowing a sihk to wear a turban instead of a stetson with his traditional uniform, I am against allowing the Stetson to be replaced by the Turban, the reason why is simple, the RCMP has alot of tradition, and if you are not willing to make a few changes to your dress, or wear a stetson for a few days in the year while you are an RCMP officer than do not join the RCMP.

On racial profiling, the CBC had a big program on how police officer's racially profile ethnic minorities, that is complete BS, the people who complain about racial profiling usually hope to make some money by bringing out the race card, and saying that police are racist, their is no racial profiling, but their is criminal profiling. For example, if I saw a kid walking around at night, dressed up as a punk, I would probably question him about what he was doing, if a black, or asian, was dressed up like a gangster, late at night, I would probably be suspicous of what the person was doing. No police officer wakes up in the morning and says I'm going to shoot an ethnic minority today, or say that they are going to track down those dangerous minorities. They are simply doing their job, and the media tries to demonize them as best they can.