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19 November 2017

“I just don’t understand..."

"...how the police cannot shut down a dispensary where the person has a big sign up on Rideau Street, that says ‘marijuana dispensary.’ They brag about it on the internet that they are selling it," said Justice Norman Boxall.

“Yet I expect those same police officers to be able to arrest drug dealers who use encrypted BlackBerrys and coded language. How are they ever going to arrest most types of criminals if they can’t shut down the shops?” he asked.
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RELATED: No, no... not a violent thieving junkie...

...simply a "veteran of the streets"...
“He ripped off a lot of people, and I guess now it’s payback,” she said. “He burned a lot of people. He even burned me once. He’s a very nice person and he has a good heart, but when you’re hurting... when you’re ‘jonesing’ for a fix, they’ll do anything."
Enough touchy-feely... what's the actual facts here?
Johnson had a lengthy criminal record and frequent run-ins with both police and rivals on the street.
Surprise, surprise.

Well, it's not like the judicial system isn't part of the problem...
A Kingston inmate who says he joined a penitentiary revolt only because he feared violating the “prison code” has won the right to use those unwritten rules in his defence.
Obviously, the inmates are running the asylum.