"I hear some people, some being police officers, some being Crown attorneys, some being ordinary people, say we don't want vigilantism, to which I can only give an emphatic pardon me?" Mr. Burlew said. "When you're under attack, it's not a vigilante act. Vigilantism talks about vengeance and retribution. This is about saving your life and saving your property.
"I'm sure that will be recognized at trial, but why would a citizen, where it's so obvious that what he was doing was protecting himself during a continued attack, be put to the expense of a trial? It's demeaning."
Canada allows people to claim self-defence for using force, including guns, to protect their life as long as the force is reasonable and they believe they have no other options.
"If the public are wondering can you run out of your house and [fire a handgun at an intruder], the bottom line is, according to the laws of Canada, no, you can't," said Constable Nilan Dave of the Niagara Regional Police Service, which charged Mr. Thomson. "That's why the courts are there, to give a person an opportunity to explain their actions."
HT to AOSHQ - He has $6 Mil in a Swiss bank that he wants - they wouldn't release it:
Duvalier, 59, made the trip just before a Swiss law that could entitle him to at least $4.6 million takes effect on Feb. 1. To collect the funds, he would have to show Haitian authorities aren't interested in prosecuting him. Oops! but his atty sez he doesn't want it "for himself"...he wants it to help rebuild the country. Hey now! Quit laughing!
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"his atty sez he doesn't want it "for himself"...he wants it to help rebuild the country"
No problem - Switzerland can release the money to the Salvation Army or the American Red Cross to use to help cut down on the opportunity for graft and greed rebuild Haiti.
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