Sweet Reason at the End of a Boot

Who says justice isn't swiftly delivered in Canada?

Here is one of Victoria's "finest" showing that a good swift kick is the perogative of the police. Why bother with judge, or jury, or executioner when a yellow meanie can boot a little "sense" into somebody.



I love the fact that the chief of police in Victoria held a news conference and told everybody to "not rush to judgement" since context is important and care must be used in viewing a video clip of "apparant" police brutality. Next, that police chief admitted he hadn't watched the video. Yep. It is a 30 second clip. I guess he is just "too busy" to take time out to check on his police charges. He is too busy holding press conferences assuring people that Victoria's finest are well trained and properly self-restrained professionals. Yep... those two kicks look like they were delivered with a stroke of swiftness acquired from many years of brutalizing miscreants. That cop is clearly a professional gut kicker and head banger.

It is very clear that the second booting was given to a guy who was trying to follow orders by getting on the ground. Unfortunately this guy doesn't understand that when an officer barks "get on the ground" that doesn't mean sit on your behind (which is interpreted as disobeying a legal police order) and instead these four words are a very clear statement that you are to lie face down with your hands behind your back waiting meekly to be cuffed and carried away (a very unnatural position which requires some "persuasion" to get people to voluntarily submit to it). I'm guessing the police are just "too busy" administering a swift boot of justice to be bothered to expand on the phrase of "get on the ground" to a guy who has squatted down and shows ignorance of exactly what those four words mean.