RCMP killed in northern alberta
Jaythewise
04-03-2005, 01:58
crazy, they had to send in the army :eek:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/03/alberta-shooting050303.html
Free Soviets
04-03-2005, 02:08
"about 130 kilometres northwest of Edmonton"
jeebus, that's fuckin far north. can pot even grow up there?
Stroudiztan
04-03-2005, 02:08
crazy, they had to send in the army :eek:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/03/alberta-shooting050303.html
At least they got their man.
Jaythewise
04-03-2005, 02:13
"about 130 kilometres northwest of Edmonton"
jeebus, that's fuckin far north. can pot even grow up there?
supposedly it was just a grow opp in a barn, meh.
Jaythewise
04-03-2005, 02:14
At least they got their man.
The guy killed himself after shooting all 4 cops who went out to make the bust. WTF? you dont have backup? They didnt know what happened till after a cop on a unrelated call stumbled onto the place. odd.
Vangaardia
04-03-2005, 02:36
5 people die because of marijuana being illegal. What an ignorant waste of life.
Mystic Mindinao
04-03-2005, 02:54
My sympathies to the officers' families.
Stephistan
04-03-2005, 02:55
5 people die because of marijuana being illegal. What an ignorant waste of life.
Nods!
Neo-Anarchists
04-03-2005, 02:55
5 people die because of marijuana being illegal. What an ignorant waste of life.
Yeah. It's bad enough when someone has to die to bring a criminal to justice, worse when many people have to, and even worse when it's over nonsensical laws.
:(
Teh Cameron Clan
04-03-2005, 03:00
yea *sigh*
Swimmingpool
04-03-2005, 03:02
It's crap like this that makes me think that prohibition doesn't work.
VoteEarly
04-03-2005, 03:05
5 people die because of marijuana being illegal. What an ignorant waste of life.
4 people are dead because of 1 excuse of a life. Don't you dare try to blame the man's crimes on drugs being illegal.
Anybody who will kill 4 police over a small charge, like it's nothing; would probably kill anyway, regardless of the circumstances, if it suited him to do so.
The Black Forrest
04-03-2005, 03:05
It's crap like this that makes me think that prohibition doesn't work.
The US proved that with their Prohibition on Alcohol......
Mystic Mindinao
04-03-2005, 03:06
We are politicizing this thread already? No matter what anyone thinks about drugs, these people died in the line of duty. A death is a death, not an abstraction to be toyed with. Save political sentiments for later, for nothing changes the fact that four brave men are no longer with us.
Marrakech II
04-03-2005, 03:07
Tragic news. Sympathy with there families. Well now I wanted to ask our Canadian cousins if the death penalty should be allowed for this kind of thing?
Neo-Anarchists
04-03-2005, 03:09
Anybody who will kill 4 police over a small charge, like it's nothing; would probably kill anyway, regardless of the circumstances, if it suited him to do so.
You have a point there...
Omega the Black
04-03-2005, 03:17
crazy, they had to send in the army :eek:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/03/alberta-shooting050303.html
OUCH!!!!!!
Jaythewise
04-03-2005, 20:10
Supposedly the guy was nuts, wanted to kill cops for a loooong time. too bad.
Armed Bookworms
04-03-2005, 20:13
5 people die because of marijuana being illegal. What an ignorant waste of life.
Hey now, logic has no place in the War on Drugs, not to be confused with the War on Multicolored Kitchen Appliances or the War on Fluffy White Bunnies.
4 people are dead because of 1 excuse of a life. Don't you dare try to blame the man's crimes on drugs being illegal.
Anybody who will kill 4 police over a small charge, like it's nothing; would probably kill anyway, regardless of the circumstances, if it suited him to do so.
I know I'm not supposed to reply directly to you, but this once I just have to...
I totally agree with you. This happened in a community very close to my own. The guy was a known psychopath (I don't know if that is medically true) and people were afraid of him. You have to be one cold-blooded, or really, really paranoid person to do what he did. Don't make it about drugs, or alcohol or whatever. He chose, he acted, he snuffed out five lives (including his own).
Tragic news. Sympathy with there families. Well now I wanted to ask our Canadian cousins if the death penalty should be allowed for this kind of thing?
Kind of pointless considering he killed himself...
But no. I don't think it would solve anything. This guy wouldn't have cared about getting the death penalty.
Supposedly the guy was nuts, wanted to kill cops for a loooong time. too bad.
The other problem was, the RCMP only had handguns, while he had a high-powered rifle. Only one cop got off a shot before they went down. This guy must have been waiting for them...two were on a stakeout, and the other two had just come to relieve them when this happened. No one is sure yet why they left their positions.