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No his mind is not for rent to any god or government

Sunday, July 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | No Comments »

Colbert honors Rush, though not really enough. It's fantastic to see that these guys are still touring, forty years after they started. And from the abbreviated glimpse Colbert gives us, it's also obvious they haven't lost the spirit. ¡Saludos, caballeros! And the ...

The further education of Willow Kinloch

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police, prison | No Comments »

From the Edmonton Sun: Police appeal $60,000 court award to Victoria teen tied to jail cell door VICTORIA — Victoria police are appealing a court decision awarding $60,000 to a Victoria teen who spent four hours tied up in a padded cell ...

The law is an ass

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | No Comments »

From the Toronto Star: Delivering baby deer lands man in hot water MONCTON, N.B.–A man who delivered a baby deer in New Brunswick after watching a truck kill its mother is now under investigation for potentially breaking the law. [...] Under New Brunswick law, ...

Justice, truth and accountability for Robert Dziekański #2

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police, torture | No Comments »

Short answer: not gonna happen. Police pardon selves; move along, nothing to see here. From The Globe and Mail: No charges called for in report on taser death 17 June 2008 Vancouver -- Police have finished their investigation into the death of Polish immigrant ...

Mouthy to cops in BC? You’re in for a whupping.

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | No Comments »

Don't go getting all mouthy with the state's goons now. Least of all in British Columbia, where the RCMP just last year killed a distraught immigrant with taser shocks less than one minute after engaging with him. At least in ...

Victoria, BC citizenry to pay $60,000 to brutalized teen

Friday, May 16th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police, prison, surveillance | 1 Comment »

Willow Kinloch, then aged 15, got picked up three years ago by the Victoria police for the victimless crime of being drunk in public. For her own protection, or something. Somehow unable to manage taking an intoxicated, frightened young woman back ...

Justice, truth and accountability for Robert Dziekański

Friday, May 16th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | 1 Comment »

Robert Dziekański was killed seven months ago at Vancouver International Airport. After waiting around in immigration and customs hell for some ten hours, unable to speak or understand English and clearly disturbed, Dziekański was tasered to death within a minute of ...