Sunday, April 13, 2008

Cops cry fowl,safe injection site to be judged

Over 500 police representatives from the western hemisphere got together in Vancouver this week to swap stories and scare people.There were all kinds of allegations and very little evidence to back it up but then they were preaching to the converted.There was talk of the terror of Central American gangs and how easy it was for them to cross borders.They wanted one individual locked up on zero evidence and weren't afraid to give the mans name and where he lived.Of course they "knew" this was a really bad guy they just didn't have any of that damn tricky evidence thingy figured out yet.Not to be dissuaded the cops alluded to all manner of horrific crimes that this guy must have committed.They released a whole bunch of figures that showed that they haven't actually done much to put a crimp in gang crime.That wasn't their take but 5 kilos of pot and one of cocaine is not exactly a dent in organized crime.Meanwhile, the feds have released their long awaited report on Insite,Our safe injection site and there is nothing in it that is any thing but positive .Now I guess it's going to be about whether it's positive enough.Tony Clement,our health minister says he'll let them know sometime in the next four months.The only possible reason he could have for denying them their extension now would be personal or dogmatic.Either way,these conservatives have never been shy to let their personal view cloud an issue.We'll know by June 30.