Thursday, November 22, 2007
We have had enough
Please join me in becoming a "Righteous Vigilante". What is a "Righteous Vigilante"?? People who have had enough of the same old crap from the powers to be. People who have seen enough, who are ready to focus their anger and frustrations not against the bad guys nor by taking the law in our own hands . Rather, people who support the police but are ready to take on the weaknesses and inadequacies that are evident in the criminal justice system, the bureaucracy and with weak politicians that hamper the police effort.
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I hope many people join in this outcry. The crime in Canada is now endemic and affecting innocent people everywhere, and our criminal justice system seems to have no idea what to do. The police, judges and juries are so oriented to the criminal's well being that the public that they are sworn to 'serve and protect' has been forgotten! Cruel and Unusual punishment is what these career criminals are doing daily by affecting our lives. We need to have serious sentencing on behalf of law abiding citizens. If it means filling our prisons and making the convict uncomfortable, so be it.
http://caterwauler.blogspot.com
I agree with Caterwauler, and hope many people sign on. We need better
police and judges to put the criminals behind bars for a LONG time.
My name is Sandra Martins-Toner and I am the mother of 16 year old Matthew Martins. He was the young boy who was robbed and beaten to death at the Surrey Central Skytrain Station in July of 2005. I too was told that my son was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the guilt I have had to live with replaying that day in my head, will forever haunt me. Why didn't I tell him to stay home, all the what ifs.
I wanted to tell you that I have since Founded an organization called Families Against Crime & Trauma F.A.C.T. for families who have lost a loved one to a violent crime or those who have survived a criminal act. I know first hand the pain that follows such tragedies, and have been joined by many other families and victims to reach out and help others.
Mr. Brown Please contact me at sandra@familiesagainstcrime.org
www.familiesagainstcrime.org
Chris Mohan was a very good friend of my nephew's. They had known one another since elementary school. Please know that this tragedy has hit us once again close to home.
Sandra Martins-Toner
Founder & Executive Director
F.A.C.T.
604-338-1411
You killed my friend
A sunny day with my kids in the pumpkin patch is what we were supposed to do.But that’s all changed because of you.
I’ll be going to a funeral instead, to say one last goodbye to my friend Ed.
A kind gentle man enjoying life, getting set for his week to end,
In a split second you widowed his wife, took away a father, and to many a friend.
How do you sleep knowing you are the one, who robbed six mothers of their sons?
When you sit in your luxury condo, with your big screen T.V.Do you realize your just another Bin Ladden or Timothy McVee?
Your days are numbered, You won’t get much older.Your rivals will find you as you continually look over your shoulder.
When will it end?How many lives will you destroy?It’s time to be a man, and not a cowardly boy!
Right this wrong, and turn yourself in.It’s the only way a new life can begin.
Your future is not written the past is the past.Make this horrible mistake be your last.
In my thoughts and my dreams, I ask myself why his life had to end.
And wondered if I will ever get an answer as to Why you killed my friend?
unfortunately the police and justice systems in Canada along with the politicians,that wether or not we choose to acknowledge, that we are accountable for to run this country are no better than these the criminals we are trying to rid ourselves of! First and foremost we have to hold ourselves accountable for the corruptness that we have allowed to escalate in this country, due to neglegence and looking the other way, when Governments and Law and justice go unpunished without any such accountability to the citizens and tax payers of Canada for their actions and behaviour. Governments, Police And The Courts work for US not visa versa, unless we choose to correct our poor choices and decisions as a people these things will remain the same. I truly do feel for all those whom have lost a loved one through this type of irresponsible activity. But it is tim ewe realized that criminals of such magnitude even including Governments and Justice do not deserve the privelidge of a jail. Corrections are for restraint and restitution.We need to stop turning the other way and ignoring irresponsibilty, and begin demanding accountability in all forms of human life.
I want to join the ranks of "We have had enough" Vancouver used to be a very safe city, but not longer. I cannot understand whey politicians have done so little. Is it because some influential politicians have their hands in criminal pockets?
The fact this site has so few comments speaks volumes about public apathy. Most people only react to something if it directly impacts them or their family. Politicians rely on this apathy to continue to do nothing because to do something might actually cost more votes than not. Unfortunately I see nothing changing. The reaction around the airport taser incident shows the lack of logic. The various killings of innocent people and even death of RCMP officers hasn't changed much. I don't expect much will happen until a very high-ranking politician is involved in a tragic incident.
I agree that it is time the silent majority, quite being so silent...look how the Polish people will rise up for one of their own...and sit idle...we should learn by their example and leave apathy behind...and get the message out there...day and night the justice system, needs to become just again...criminal belong 'set aside'...(in jail), not running around our streets causing more trouble, and heartache...yes change is needed.
This is a positive, productive step for change and awareness. It's time for those in every facet of government to address the rise in violent crimes and the inept justice that is so common to our courts. It is time for those not in goverment to start adressing real issues of our society, instead of preoccupation with entertainments that distract otherwise good citizens from the important issues; issues that are imporatant to all British Columbians and Canadians.
I'm happy to see people finally coming together on this. At the end of the day, the only way to combat violence is to put a very loud voice to it. People have to stop being affraid, in numbers we have no reason to be. The silence is what fuels crime. Even the police said that gang members are laying low now due to the uproar from the community and the new gang-squad. Well just think, if more people get involved and we just don't tolerate we'll be able to get ahandle on it.
I am getting involved.
One of the worst contributors to criminal behaviour is illegal drugs.
In this country, other than in the two provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, there are no laws that allow parents to intervene when their kids are using and becomming addicted to drugs. A parents only hope in BC is to watch as your child self-destructs on illegal drugs - same for prostitution.
As a parent of a drug addicted teen, you have these choices only:
1) break the laws yourself, and restrain your child against their will (kidnapping) put them in the car, and drive across the Alberta border to have mandated detox intervention.
2) watch as your teen continues to self-destruct, become more entrenched in addiction, and commits crimes to support this addiction, then is caught and the courts accept the charges, then the youth discloses his drug use to the judge, THEN the judge can mandate rehab, or give a choice to the youth between rehab and jail.
It is said that we can't make a kid do anything he doesn't want to do. It takes a 'willing participant' to enter a program here. Another catch phrase is, "you have to let him hit rock bottom."
So, while you would be charged with negligence if your teen broke his femer bone and you didn't take him to the hospital (especially if the negligence caused the child's death), but if your child is dieing on crystal meth or crack cocaine, or heroine, there is nothing within the laws that parents can do legally to intervene and save their child.
The charter of rights and freedoms is the inhibiting factor to creating this legislation in BC. Well, to that, I provide Article 33 of the most internationally accepted charter of rights for children:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm
"Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Article 33: States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislative, administrative, social and educational measures, to protect children from the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as defined in the relevant international treaties, and to prevent the use of children in the illicit production and trafficking of such substances."
Over the past four years, I have learned as a parent that there are laws mandating that parents effectively care for their children, and when they do not, the government steps in. (Child, Family and Community Services Act, Family Relations Act, Parental Responsibility Act) I have also learned that there are laws that make it impossible for parents to actually step in themselves. (Age of Consent - YJCA - Federal Privacy Act...)
So, while we are held accountable and responsible by law for our kids up to the age of 19 in BC, we lose all rights to them at the age of 12.
All government officials I have written to and met with agree that we need this legislation, but the want endorsements. So, I have been working on that for the past few months, receiving endorsements for our MLA to put this forward as a Government Bill as opposed to a Private Members Bill.
If you would like to help with the petition, you can find it at 2020parenting.com under Kerry's Journal in pdf format to print and get signatures to mail into our government officials.
My point here is that we need to put far more resources into prevention, and effective family support, so we can save those funds at the other end in the criminal justice and medical systems, and that while it is difficult to keep some teens off that dangerous road of drugs and crime, the efforts we make in preventing these tragedies by allowing parents access through the courts to mandate treatment for their kdis on drugs will create safer communities for all.
We need legislation for this to happen. We need more people to speak out on the conflicing laws of our society that inhibit responsible parenting.
You can write to me at:
icanseeclearlynow@hotmail.com
RCMP sucks !!! They suck at combatting Organized Crimes yet really good at Tasering and Murdering foreigner at YVR who can't speak English !!!
As a security officer(guard), I work with the police in some circumstances and I have had some personal experience with the court system.
I believe that the judges do not seem to properly apply sentences to individual cases, in fact they seem to think that only they have any right to judge their own decisions or that of their peers.
I believe that the police, some or perhaps most of them doing a creditable job, also have poor elements within their organizations.
Politicians without a doubt are the biggest problem in the matter of public safety. The only political figure I respect is Chuck Cadman (?) who is no longer with us.
All of the parties are less than reputable or trustworthy (yes, the NDP too - regardless of where they are).
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