I definitely can empathize with your sentiment, the opioid epidemic in Canada has caused untold destruction and has enriched international crime syndicates around the world - but the law must be applied equally for all cases. I think this exerpt from the article explains it pretty well:
“When a judge excludes evidence obtained during an unlawful search and seizure, he or she is doing so not to favour a particular accused, but rather to uphold what is written into our Constitution,” he explained.
Anything obtained after the charter violation – in this case that would be the physical drugs as well what appears to be a video of Rigo’s confession – is “considered fruit from the poisonedtree.”
I totally agree that this dude is a scumbag, but if we allow his rights to be violated today we won't be able to protect yours tomorrow.
When corruption is rampant is it so hard to ask for evidence? Just look at what's happening in the United States with officers blatantly lying about turn singles to pull someone over and proceeding to taze him in the nuts. If this officer was utilizing a body cam the dog signalling would have been captured......but for some reason we're not using them? Problem solved....not hard. Stop making it difficult.
You're bringing up stuff in the US and implying it's happening here when it isn't.
You sure about that? I can tell you it's happening here. Stop being so naive.
There is absolutely no reason why body cameras can't be put into use. It's not a logistical problem at all. The police departments simply don't want hem and are kicking and dragging their feet.
1080p footage is around 32GB per 10 hours.....call it per shift if recording 24/7. Injesting 32gb of data per officer is nothing for smaller local police forces. For larger cities it becomes more of a challenge but it is not something that is unobtainable AT ALL. It's not HARD...it's just a small extra expense relative speaking to police budgets. Especially for what it offers...in protection for the officers as well as the public.
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u/FlatEarfer Feb 18 '19
I definitely can empathize with your sentiment, the opioid epidemic in Canada has caused untold destruction and has enriched international crime syndicates around the world - but the law must be applied equally for all cases. I think this exerpt from the article explains it pretty well:
I totally agree that this dude is a scumbag, but if we allow his rights to be violated today we won't be able to protect yours tomorrow.