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Originally Posted by MBates
Calgary courts reporter Kevin Martin has done an opinion column denouncing the Edmonton Police Service conduct trying to improperly get their way in the highly publicized manslaughter case from last fall:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/martin-edm...110022546.html
But the story should be getting far more attention given the judge's assessment that the EPS and their counsel may have committed criminal obstruction of justice...particularly when we are reminded that Premier Smith publicly endorsed the EPS conduct and was described in media stories as being glad that they intervened in the case.
I think it is worth as many people as possible reading the full part of the decision where the trial judge addresses these issues in order to appreciate how seriously at risk the rule of law already is in this province [my emphasis added]:
https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abkb/do...26abkb150.html
We have reached a stage where a judge is having to assure the public that he did not allow himself to be intimidated by the threatened actions of the police (publicly supported by the Premier) when he made his decision.
It is not theoretical that we are on the verge of losing the independence of our judicial system - including both the ability of prosecutors to make decisions free from brazen political interference and the ability of judges to rely on the constitutional guarantees of their independence. People who understand what this means are absolutely getting more serious about looking for somewhere else to live. All Albertans should care far more about this than appears to be the case. |
Thank you for posting. This is disgusting. I care a great deal, just have no idea what I can do about it.