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October 26, 2015 at 2:21 am
Miep
Reblogged this on Radfem Repost.
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October 26, 2015 at 3:20 pm
bleatmop
This stuff is heartbreaking. The police are supposed to be the good guys. When they purposefully cover the ass of the bad eggs that get into their ranks then a rot begins to set in. Unfortunately sometimes the rot is too deeply set in and you might need to get rid of the entire unit and replace it with something new and designed to withstand the elements. What I’m reading about what’s happening in Quebec, institutionalized rape and abuse of our aboriginal sisters and brothers is disgusting and that level of corruption doesn’t happen without a deep set rot set in there. I think there needs to be an independent investigation done by people given powers to access all records, interview anyone and make changes. Most importantly any and all attempts to subvert the investigation must be made a criminal act and the person doing the investigation must NOT be affiliated with the poilce in any way shape or form. Having the Montreal police investigate this is not going to get down to the root causes.
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October 26, 2015 at 4:37 pm
VRKaine
“Having the Montreal police investigate this is not going to get down to the root causes.”
Agreed, however I don’t know if a total non-affiliate will be able to get to the whole truth, either. That would take a bit of cop knowledge, i would suspect, as they’d need to be aware of what corners and cracks to look into.
Any way we can get a Hillary-esque recovery of those hard drives?
Either way, hopefully a few honorable officers within the ranks will blow the whistle. The many good officers in police forces deserve better than what these assholes have done in their name.
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October 26, 2015 at 6:58 pm
bleatmop
VR – A Hilary-esque recovery is a potential, as no data is ever truly gone off a hard drive until it is overwritten. It would take a forensic analysis of all hard drives/memory units that those emails have been on.
As far as the few honorable officers stepping forward – I think they would have to have complete assurance that things would change and that their would not any nor could there be any reprisals for stepping forward. If 8 officers can brutalize and rape women this brazenly then you can’t tell me other officers didn’t know that this was happening. For those 8 to act as though they had immunity from the consequences of their actions they had to feel secure that they would be no consequences. The circumstances that lead to these officers becoming this secure must be discovered and rooted out for any officer to come forward safely.
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October 27, 2015 at 1:57 pm
bleatmop
As a follow up; seeing that *none* of the police officers in that area showed up for work at all this past weekend as a move of solidarity with the suspended officers my guess is that there will be no officers coming forward to help with the investigation.
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October 27, 2015 at 9:16 pm
VR Kaine
You may be right, Bleatmop. I haven’t read/heard what their reasoning is for the solidarity (ex: presumed guilt on behalf of the brass towards the accused?) Regardless, however, I think it speaks to your second comment about anyone coming forward.
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November 2, 2015 at 5:34 am
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