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Alberta RCMP Charge victim of ATV robery.

Serge — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:56:54 +0000

Police say Brian Knight followed the trio of thieves in his car and rammed the ATV off the road.
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According to police, this car became damaged after it was allegedly used in a car chase in Tees, Alta. on Thursday, March 26, 2009.

Alberta farmer charged with shooting suspected thief
Updated Thu. Apr. 2 2009 6:01 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

An Alberta farmer who is facing charges after police say he chased and shot at an alleged thief last Thursday has people from across the province rallying to his defence.

Brian Knight was charged with seven offences, including assault and criminal negligence, after police say he took the law into his own hands when he thought someone was stealing his All-Terrain Vehicle.

Since Knight was charged last week, he has become a hot topic in the region, being discussed in print and local talk radio stations. One newspaper published a column that called for charges against Knight to be dropped.

A website has even been set up for people wanting to donate to his legal fund.

According to a police report, Knight saw three people trying to take his ATV in the early hours of March 26, chased them in his car and ran the ATV off the road, crashing his car in process. Police say Knight fired his shotgun at one of the suspects trying to get away.

“We believe the farmer exited his car and discharged two rounds to the suspect with a shotgun,” said acting Sgt. Jim Lank of the RCMP.

The suspected thief was treated in Edmonton for non-life threatening injuries and is still recovering. He has been charged with stealing a quad and a truck. Charges against the other two involved are still pending.

Citizens in the small town of Bashaw, located just north of Red Deer, have come out in support of Knight.

“I don’t agree that somebody can come in, take your stuff and you can’t do anything about it,” said Virginia Stewart, a resident of Bashaw.

A friend of Knight’s, Vern Ferguson, is another one of Knight’s local supporters. He even said he’d do the same, if it happened to him.

But despite the local support, Ferguson doesn’t think Knight will emerge unscathed.

“Brian’s going to be the big loser,” he said. “And that’s not right.”

However, Lank doesn’t feel the same way.

“These are some serious charges that could have ended up in a fatality as well,” he said.

In all, four people, including Knight, were charged after the events on Knight’s farm. Knight will appear in court on April 9.

With a report from CTV Edmonton

I see red every time I hear a story of somebody using force for self-defence or the defence of their property and then the cops charging them. Just whose side are the cops on?
They should have given him a medal and thanked him for doing their work for them.. They police regurgitate that they should be called in these instances. If that was always the case the perpetrators would have time to rape the wife, kill the farmer, play with the dog and have breakfast at the kitchen table and turn out the lights before the cops ever got there. Because the gun laws make the guns unrea

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Serge — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:54:15 +0000

For the longest time Jean Chretien was called Mr. Velcro by the Canadian press because it did not matter what kind of blunder he committed he was given an automatic free pass by the press. At this moment Ignatiev is being treated with the same kid gloves by the media.
The people dare t elect a Conservative government and immediately the press goes on the offensive to discredit the prime minister and hammer the message that he’s too combative or he’s too secretive or I don’t like his eyes.. If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth. The average citizen does not have the time to do fact checking when it comes to reporting. This story should have been a good news piece as the Prime Minister is making the nation look good in the eyes of the world but instead the reporter leaves us with the impression that somehow Harper is slacking off by not being asked hard question . The Canadian press does not allow any Conservative Prime Ministers a honeymoon period. It’s no wonder that “In Canada, he has this well-defined image,”. It was well crafted by the reporters and columnist of this nation

Were finally there , Gold, Silver and Bronze in one night

Serge — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:32:17 +0000

It took 9 excrutiating days of hand wringing but like the daffodils in spring , theres more to come.

Day 7 and still not one medal

Serge — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:18:17 +0000

I could never quite put my finger on it but a recent letter to the editor of The National Post makes a lot of sense in explaining our lack of medals.
Last year Australia received $190 million and have an accumulated 20 medals as of this writing. According to the people that blame it on just lack of funds, Canada’s $150 million in training funds so far has not produced any medals. If you followed their logic we should have about 3/4 of Australians medal count or 15. According to the disappointed athletes interviewed after an event, many of them bested their Canadian records back home. If we were only competing against our own we would be gold holders at all these events.
We’re at the world Olympics. Canadian bests do not count if everyone else is beating the crap out of us.
I think we should review our psychological training in this country. Our athletes work harder than anyone else in the world yet they don’t seem to come out with the fire in the belly that the medal-winning athletes are approaching these games with.
I feel for the Canadian athletes that have trained and put their hearts and souls for these competitions but I also feel for the rest of the country who are having a hard time finding the pride needed to watch these games.

Team Canada at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Qualifying Event