Quite a shock tonight with the news that new charges have been laid in a case many Canadians had been presumed closed, the quadruple murder-suicide involving four Mounties and a known pot runner / chop shop operator. Two suspected associates of James Roszko have each been accused with four counts of Murder One even though they weren't actually at the scene of the massacre in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.
I don't want to say too much more about the specific charges since they are just allegations at this point. But it makes me wonder: If we weren't told the straight story about Mayerthorpe from the beginning, what else about the Red Serge and the people those mostly fine men and women investigate don't we know about?
And it goes back to that awful day two years ago. Why weren't they better prepared? Why wasn't the stakeout better executed? This was an ambush waiting to happen. The four who died that died didn't have to. Grow ops tend to be booby-trapped better than some al-Qaeda hideouts. This was a job for JTF2, not unarmoured police officers.
Oh right ... Canada also has posse comitatus, don't we?
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Good post.
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