Very close to home. We've lived with this story for about a decade in
BC, but it got the most coverage because of, and following the Robert
Picton trial (he who may have murdered, alone or possibly with an
accomplice, fifty women whom he met on the lower east side of
Vancouver), many whose deaths could have been prevented had police /RCMP
done their jobs as reports came through over the years prior. Picton was
found guilty of six murders, and there will not be a trial for the
remaining others known to have been at his farm site where the murders
took place, mostly because of the great public cost to finance scores of
cases to achieve the same end. Picton co-owned the pig farm property
with a (smarter) brother, who should have been aware of the near overt
activities, but was never convicted of either complicity or knowledge of
these horrible acts. And since that trial, of course, more women have
died or gone missing in the area. It's notorious for some of the most
bizarre crimes.
I think that un-nurtured/socially disadvantaged rural upbringings breed
a lot of these cowards who prey on local women and children. I don't
doubt that race comes into it, given their sad and isolated upbringing.
Any organizational aspect to these incidents, I'd guess, would likely be
collaborative of only locals. The national connective crime is that
authorities are known to be dismissive of reports and investigation
calls made by native communities. They're just about native women, often
considered to be just drug addicts, hitchhikers, or prostitutes, and not
usually of any social standing that would muster the public's interest
or sympathy. Now, if this were about a neo-con senator's daughter, that
would be different. But cops are the same almost everywhere. Of those
who are still caring after being on the force for a while, their better
intentions are quickly overcome by the political will of the GOP and
their need to pay the mortgage. The better ones tend to get promoted out
of active duty to minor supervisory positions.
Natalia
On 9/13/2011 10:56 AM, Ray Harrell wrote:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/walk4justice-720-native-women-murdered-and-missing/
REH
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