'Murder with Excuse' 5th edition of ‘CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG’ is coming to you out of schedule due to the current subject.

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This fifth edition of ‘CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG’  is coming to you out of schedule due to the current subject.
  

Murder with Excuse                                                        March 30, 2013

A few days ago, news was it that the man that killed a Toronto cop was not criminally responsible for his actions. Now it took a few days for me to calm down enough to write this article. What I found the worst is the comments made by the uneducated, heartless, unaware idiots that felt sorry for the ‘poor mentally ill man’ that killed the cop.

First, I want to give my deepest heartfelt sympathy to the family of the Toronto Officer that gave his life to protect the public.

As I was reading the post on Yahoo it was followed by feedback from the public. Most were disgusted with the judicial system that let a killer off because he has a mental illness. If one commits murder, ill or not, they are a time bomb to do it again. AS HISTORY PROVES! ‘Claudette’ felt sorry for the mentally ill man that killed the cop. Another stated the cop should have got out of the way. Another stated the government has let the people with mental illness down. If these people feel so bad about this mentally ill man that brutally murdered someone, then they should volunteer their home and see how quickly they will be calling 911. How would they feel if a family member of theirs was  murdered by this man.

Like I said in my first edition of ‘Correct Me If I’m Wrong!, dealing with the criminals was the easy part. It was the judicial system and the bleeding heart sickos of the Human Rights League that adamantly protects the criminal rights, over the victims.  

Over the years I have personally dealt with people with mental illness in my job and at home. Let me share some of them.

On a bright sunny afternoon I was driving on a main thoroughfare near downtown Victoria. Without warning a small car pulled out from behind an oncoming bus and forced the bus to the sidewalk, and I to the sidewalk as well. I made a turn around and initiated pursuit. As I was catching up to her she was swerving onto the sidewalk and chasing people with her car. Her arm was flailing out of her window. At this point no one was injured. I will shorten the extremely dangerous forty minute pursuit to the end. The only way she was stopped was with a road that was barricaded with police cars. During the pursuit she was randomly ramming police cars at high speed. There was by today’s standards fifty thousand dollars’ worth of damage. She was taken into custody and later sent to an institution for sixty days of evaluation. She was later released without charges and even had her driver’s license returned, because she had a temporary lapse of sanity.

There was a drug induced bludgeoning of an old man because he wouldn’t give any money. A kidnapping and sadistic murder. And rape after she was dead. I could go on with my cop experiences but, I can’t.

Then there are the recent murders of elementary school kids, the beheading of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus, and after seeing the lowest disgusting violations of humanity, two minor’s have stooped even lower with the shooting of the eighteen month old baby in the States.

Why do I bring these sick incidences up? Heinous crimes are committed by mentally unstable persons. Twenty percent of the Canadian population suffers from a mental illness and there ARE support systems in place to help these people with the issues they suffer from. But ironically the Human Rights League has made an error. These people HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO SEEK HELP!

There are people that won’t seek help because of the stigmata that society labels them with and this is extremely unfortunate because most mental illness is treatable and are not with violent intent. Personally I have battled alcoholism,  the mental stress of my former career and had a lengthy relationship with someone with mental illness. So I am with understanding and compassion, but being ill is not a license to brutally assassinate another human being. Now some people will think my opinion is because I was a cop, but they are wrong. IT’S BECAUSE I’M A HUMAN BEING tired of hearing EXCUSES for murder.

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'DARK be the Days' 4th edition of CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

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CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!                                March 22, 2013

By author Bryce A Baker

DARK be the Days 

                                  

          DARK BE the days that we see race, religion, gender, size, intelligence or any physical disability as a target for prejudice. Most people see prejudice as race motivated, but blankets more than I personally can tolerate. We have all been the subject of some form or another. In high school my short stature was of no concern but after moving out into the work force it was. Apparently as per studies funded, tall men have more structure as a leader or businessman. Guess the taller one means more brain cells. I’m going to focus on the most common human dysfunction; racial leveling. As a kid I went to a back woods school in northern Ontario. We played and went to school with many different nationalities, but I personally learnt a lot from the native kids. We played in nature and even though my spiritual understanding at the time was different I respected them and they respected me. Racial difference was great to share different ideas. Now that said, things have changed as an adult.

          To me, any culture difference is not for me to judge or change in any way except when that person misuses their race or religion as a tool of condemnation or manipulation. I will return to that note shortly.

          Over the years I have had great friends of different races and religions. My best friend in Calgary was Chinese. I trained a female Undercover Officer that was half East Indian. I have a Native Canadian Law Enforcement Officer as a good and trusted friend. To me they are people, not a segregated species. As a Caucasian and in law enforcement I have been blasted with reverse prejudice. Yes it works both ways. Handcuffing someone for breaking the law doesn’t mean it’s because they are a different color.  My Chinese friend and I used to frequent Sunday dim sum in Chinatown in Calgary. As a Caucasian they wouldn’t even look at me. My friend would do the ordering. I understand that the white people abused them and many other races over history, but I don’t condemn someone whose ancestor did something wrong. I have had many white people do a number on me, so evil intent is evil intent no matter how shaded.

          Now I could go into the ‘within’ race abuse and the endless stories and branches of prejudice but it isn’t within the limited structure of this writing. My point, simply put is since the first dawn there has been battles between tribes and religions at great human cost, and for what; to gain power or a piece of dirt. Writing this short piece won’t fix the problem but one thing I know; He who casts a stone in hate already is paying the price.

          It is a known fact that a smile and a good deed for your neighbor is a positive chemical reaction to your brain.

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'REALLYREALREALITYTV?' 3rd edition of CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

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 REALLYREALREALITYTV?  

             In my quest to remain politically incorrect I feel this ‘Correct Me If I’m Wrong’ will wander into a different realm to lighten things up for a change. I’m going to critique our television programing as soon as I stop laughing.

            My first victim is our infamous home grown wonder ‘The Real `House Wives of Vancouver’. Their show description is… pampered; lavish lifestyle of luxurious wealth, pampered privilege, being seen and who you know is everything’. Boy am I glad I’m poor and my friends don’t worship my wallet. There were times in my life that I had lots of money but at no time did my feet or attitude leave the ground. I body guarded movie stars with lots of money and notoriety and they never looked down on anyone and played well in blue jeans. They remembered their humble start and had compassion for the less fortunate. Now it is unfair of me to criticize the House Wives of Vancouver without knowing them. BUT, as portrayed on television they leave me wondering who will cater to them in a crisis or natural disaster, and I don’t mean a broken fingernail. It’s a sad state of education for young people to be taught by materialism and attitude. 

            Next is ‘Trailer Park Boys’. Hang on. I’m trying to lower my IQ level low enough to relate to this epic episode of idiocy. Sorry can’t relate!

               ‘America’s Most Smartest Model’. Aside from the poor grammar of the ‘Most Smartest’ I had no idea that models were in a league of their own for smarts. I wish to thank the producers of the show to have pointed this out to all of us.

            ‘Ghost Hunters and Chasing Bigfoot’. I’m sure the ghosts and sasquatches’ must be arm and arm laughing their faces off.

            ‘Amish Mafia’. Wow. These non-violent folk are packin’ some nasty firepower. The show relates to the members of their group that provide protection and security for the Amish following in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Again we are being hoodwinked into fictional reality, mind altering obsorbition of a bucket load of doodoo. Funny how many people will actually believe this show and target the Amish with violence and criticism. OOPS! Went into courtroom mode.

            ‘Jersey Shore’. Sad, very sad… that these party hardy young people have nothing more to do than make fools of themselves. We were all young and foolish once upon a time (I think) but we didn’t have a TV show to advertise it.

            ‘Ancient Aliens’. Now considering I have alien blood and was exiled from my birth planet as a child, my comments are twofold. Love the show! There IS some intellectually stimulating programming on the tube. If Aliens did populate the world in ancient times, they left a lot of graffiti to clean up. Now speaking on the other ‘fold’ we aliens were too far advanced back then for our own good and were sent packing. Now that we have returned… we are just too entertained by the stupid reality programming to waste time with world domination. One last comment on this show. The professional alien chasers that express their point of reason should do SOMETHING about their hair and not look like they just stepped out of a wind tunnel.

           In closing, I watch TV for the stories and not the pictures! Just pullin’ your leg. To become enthralled in a thought provoking plot or an informative educational program is my escape from reality. IF I wanted reality I will turn the ‘Reality TV’ OFF.

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'Violent Intent?' 2nd edition of CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

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Friday, February 22 2013

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By Author Bryce A Baker


Violent Intent? 
 

   I’m going to jump into the fire with both feet and give my past and present observations on a very controversial subject. Controversial for good reason and both sides of the argument have responsible points. In light of the recent shootings that have taken innocent lives, the verbal and legislative battle for and against firearm possession is firing back and forth. Pun intended.

    Understand that coming from a criminal investigation background and a bodyguard, I understand firsthand the devastation a weapon can incur to the victim and victim’s family. It is a traumatic, emotional event that has no release. I have had many people give me their opinions on the subject and some have as I said before, have good reasoning. But the full picture of the subject needs to be analyzed before making judgement.

              First Opinion: “If there were guns only in the hands of Law Enforcement and the Military, the threat would be eliminated or at least reduced. No one should have guns!”

              Great idea, but unfortunately in the real world the ‘BAD GUYS’ prefer to be armed and have no moral obligation to follow popular opinion or walk into a business with a toothbrush to rob them, Or burst into someone’s home and threaten the petrified occupants with bad language.

              Second Opinion: “Having a gun in one’s house opens up a possibility that a child or an emotionally distraught adult could get hurt.”

              Of course there is that possibility if the weapon is NOT properly secured as per the laws of possession in Canada. The incidence of accidental or intentional injury or death from a legally possessed and secured firearm is extremely rare. On the contrary, injury or death, from knife attacks are unfortunately extremely high. Knives have never been a real issue in the public opinion. 

              Now I could rattle on for hours but let’s get to Pro gun possession. It has been my observation that most people would not have a gun in their home for protection because they prefer not to and have a great swing with a baseball bat. The majority of gun owners have guns for sport target shooting, hunting, or collections of rare or specific firearms. The liability is subject to these responsible gun owners and misuse is not common practice in Canada.

              Let’s get back to ‘BAD GUYS’. In Canada alone the drug trade and organized crime members would love the public to be unprotected. Why do you think the Home Invasions are high? I don’t think they take out transport permits for the assassinations of rival group members with innocent people in close proximity. They just don’t care who gets hurt or killed.

              Another opinion on the Con to gun ownership. “It won’t happen to me if I don’t have a gun.”

              The chances are like in the animal world, the weakest are the first target.

              Again, another observation; Motor vehicles are used as lethal weapons in heinous crimes like robberies and drunk driving, and kill more people in a week than guns do in a year. Yet there are no advocates wanting to ban motor vehicles. Advising a family member that their son or daughter or other has been killed in a car accident by a drunk driver or criminal in an attempt to elude police, was the hardest part of my job.

              In summary: It would be the greatest gift to society if there were no gun related tragedies, but we live in a violent world and everyone has been affected by some violent act. We all have the right to choose between the baseball bat (or use whatever reasonable force needed) to protect one’s self or family, or submission to violence.

    If I had an unknown subject breech my home, I would defend my family

 without hesitation with all means of my training. If someone were to shoot

 at me, I would shoot back. If there is an opportunity for non- lethal use of 

 force, IT WOULD BE USED. It is also unfortunate that even if guns were

 removed, there would still be guns in the hands of the criminals and the

 crazies that feel the impulse to end lives.

    Post Script: Just a tidbit of  information. As a former bodyguard we were trained to recognize threat before incident. Let’s learn to recognize the signs of subdued violent intent with the children in our schools. There are warning signs. 

 

   One last thing; we all have the right to ‘not own’ a firearm, but no one has the right to remove the rights of others.

 

By Bryce A Baker

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'Essential Services' 1st edition of CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

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Enjoy my debut column called CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG! It might ruffle a few feathers, but that's the way the birdie bounces.
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

By Author Bryce A Baker

Essential Services

As a majority of us do, we congregate for coffee at our local coffee shop or park bench and analyze the state of politics, religion or whatever subject that is headlining the news at the time. We develop an opinion in our own mind and verbalize it to our captive audience. Many times our understanding of the subject is what is projected by the media or a programmed political meander by our trusted governing leaders. As our coffee group debates each opinion, the end result is either a frustrated conclusion or we satisfy an inner venting that releases our emotion gasses.

Now… many, many years ago I foolishly made a comment based on my opinion within my limited life experience, and the end statement was a challenge from the person across from me. “Well! Why don’t I do something about it?” Maybe I should have just shut up at the time, but I responded, “Well! Maybe I will!” thus started a lifelong addiction to righting the wrongs of the world.

Now off the subject slightly, a teacher once asked me. “What are you going to do IF you grow up?” Fortunately through the years and years and years of experience and maturing I can honestly say that thankfully, I haven’t grown up. Because of this I shall continue my story, with my evaluation on my first subject. Not to worry… I have a zillion more but let’s just solve this one first.

By the way, if I personally give an observation, it is because I have stepped on that ground and have an unbiased view… somewhat. Okay I am bias, but against the moral, financial, and conniving misuse of our trust.

First subject is Essential Services. Speaking from eighteen years as a detective and being immersed in the armpit of the world as a UCO (undercover operative) I could tell you stories that would curl your straight hair. Through this I speak of personal experience, but I’m not alone in sharing the disillusion in governing agencies and for that matter society itself.

Like a substantial group of us that are or were out there as police officers, firefighters, paramedics or affiliated services, it is very frustrating fighting the bureaucracy rather than focusing on the service we were trained to function as…’AIDING persons in distress’. Personally, the bureaucratic machine bound my hands behind my back and took away a substantial amount of ability to practically do my job. Court technicalities, arrest protocols, evidence procurement and so on, are dramatically restricted. I understand that guidelines are in place to make sure the officer is not outstepping his or her portfolio. The bad guys, however, have NO guidelines and as one can see in resent blatant violent acts against law enforcement and civilians, the bad guys don’t care who gets hurt either. Investigating a crime like murder, kidnapping, or any other criminal act is a matter of training, experience, and reason. Simple in its own terms but solving the crime was easy compared to three major walls run into when the facts are bared. The three walls I speak of are the lenient judicial system, bureaucracy, and the human rights of the criminal! What about the victims? Oh yes there seems to be a fourth wall, ‘Government funding for Essential Services’! But I won’t go into the misappropriation of our tax dollars for less important services. Could write a book on that subject.

It has been mentioned to me by socially educated observers with their opinion that cops are a ‘boys club and are never there when needed.’ But they love spending time writing traffic tickets instead of solving crimes. You know what!? It is a club mostly manned by dedicated men and women placing themselves in harm’s way to protect strangers. Oh for a matter of mention all the criminals locked in our prisons are not habitual speeders.

Now if I can wallow in a bed of pity… I have done my job to the best of my ability with two thank you’s in eighteen years. In 1994 I had a heart attack which damaged my career at the age of thirty eight, three divorces and a bad case of ‘post-traumatic stress syndrome.’ (With no compensation) Through the years I have put my job first before family, friends and health, and you know what, NEVER WROTE A SPEEDING TICKET! The RCMP awarded me an Award for Dedication to Duty in 2009. Now why do I feel like thousands of others in essential services that the society we have worked to help has abandoned us. When you call 911 there are people coming to your aid. Without their services we will condemn ourselves to a world of anarchy and destruction.

In summary, the subject matter in this literary venting is to let the people who assume, to resume support for our essential services. When you see a paramedic, firefighter, or cop…shake their hand and say, ”Thank you.”

By Bryce A. Baker
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