RCMP Cover Up

One year later, Mayerthorpe remembers four slain Mounties



While folks in Mayerthorpe, and around the country,remember the four RCMP killed in their community a year ago we have to ask why are the RCMP covering up the reasons for their deaths.

For now, the RCMP are largely silent on the investigation. They have not released any new details since March 31, 2005. "We know that the Canadian public wants to know what happened," says spokesman Cpl. Wayne Oakes. "We want to know what happened."

Of course these emotional appeals help promote more draconian laws that would give the cops more powers over us citizens. We love to give up our freedom for the security of the State and its armed force. But the real reason these cops died is still not being covered in all these memorials, testimonies, and flights from reason to emotion.

Lost in all this bouha is the allegation that these cops were contracted out to work overtime as repo men, they were collecting a vehicle from the site which had an outstanding loan. The opening act in a tragedy that has shocked the nation began Wednesday, when police arrived at the farm to assist in the court-ordered seizure of some property and found stolen goods and a marijuana grow operation.

The news immediately after focused on the fact that this was a dangerous marijuana grow op, and again emotion trumped reason with calls for tougher grow op laws etc. etc. But a grow op it wasn't. There were a few marijuana plants being grown, as happens all around the country. But again emotion and political agenda's trumped reason.

The RCMP officers who died were allegedly not informed by dispatch that James Roszko was dangerous, armed and known to be a cop hater. And they were not from around Mayerthorpe so how would they know.

These cops died not because of Canada's gun laws, or dangerous offenders laws, they died because of RCMP incompetence and negligance, and because they were providing contracted out services.

And the RCMP are not blameless they are a State Militia whose modern and historical role has been rife with racism, attacks on Canadian workers, and secret police activities hence their motto; Maintain the Right.

And why are these workers who have died on the job getting more attention than anyother workers who die on the job?

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Just because of the uniform? These workers are armed and know they face potential life threatening confrontations, its part of the job. But workers who do not expect to die on the job and do are treated with far less fanfare, and deserve memorials too.

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