As I heard the news that the two wounded RCMP officers had succumed to thier injuries, I was filled with a profound sense of loss, for them, their families, and for society in general.
They gave their lives to protect the rest of us. They put themselves in harms way every day for meager pay. Many of us have derided the RCMP, particularly while sitting at the side of the hiway waiting for them to write us up for going a bit too fast. I, for one, will endeavour to never do so again, for they are simply enforcing the laws that we, through our elected representatives, have consented to. And every time they pull someone over to do their duty, they take a profound risk.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
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This, like Mayerthorpe, was a ticking bomb that should have been defused long ago. Everybody in town, including the local cops, knew about this guy.
http://hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com/2006/07/update-rcmp-shooting.html
Not a surprise. I grew up in small-town Sask, and there were/are people there that you just keep your distance from.
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