Assault

In the late evening hours of Monday evening, residents of Maple Ridge, B.C. were treated to the sight of a man wielding an axe against another man in the downtown area.   The RCMP were called and separated the two men. Apparently, the RCMP determined the incident was “consensual” and no charges were laid.  Consensual? How in the world does the man being chased consent to a fight with a man with an axe? There is citizen journalist video of at least part of the incident and it is clear the man who “consented,” according to the RCMP, was running away from the man with the axe, evidently not consenting. It is also clear that when the men were in close proximity the man with the axe was swinging it in an apparent attempt to hit and injure the other man. I failed to see the “consent” as he endeavoured to ward off the blows.  “Police responded to a report of two men fighting on Monday night in the 222000 block area of Lougheed Hwy. Upon police attendance it was determined the fight was consensual between two men known to each other. No significant injuries occurred and an axe was seized. Both parties were uncooperative with police and not interested in police assistance,” said RCMP Insp. Adam Gardner to the media. It’s hard to know where to start with that bit of nonsense. A number of charges in the Criminal Code apply in this case not in the least being in possession of a...

Each blow and kick seems harder than the one previous. It’s difficult to watch because you can actually feel the pain the guy at the end of this assault must have felt. It’s an egregious physical attack and robbery on a man on Yonge Street that you won’t find in the crime statistics. (Toronto Sun)

Toronto Police say seven officers were injured — including four who were sent to hospital — during an incident at a demonstration in midtown. Two people have been arrested, and there’s no word on what charges they may face. (Toronto Sun)

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they suspected something had been mixed into his tea. (BBC)

This is the sickening moment a truck driver was kicked unconscious after protesters chased his vehicle and he crashed into the sidewalk in Portland. Just blocks a way from a black rights demonstration in Oregon's capital, demonstrators hauled a man out of his truck after he crashed it into a tree last night. (Daily Mail)

EDMONTON - The death of a 38-year-old man Wednesday has been deemed a homicide and Edmonton police are looking for five people as part of the investigation.(Edmonton Sun)

Shocking new surveillance video appears to show George Floyd in a violent struggle with Minneapolis police before his death. Floyd can't be seen in the footage, but one cop can be seen leaning through the back door and visibly struggling with him. (Daily Mail)

You can run but you may find it difficult to hide now that your picture has been released to the public.It also makes it especially tough when you are wanted for allegedly carjacking a vehicle in Mississauga with a family inside, including two children. (Toronto Sun)

A bag containing loaded rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails was found at a park near where protests have erupted for two months in Portland, Oregon, following the death of George Floyd, police said.(Global News)

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