Meow everyone. it has been a while since i wrote a story here. I am addressing some pressing needs so my time has been rather limited of late.
A short while ago, i attended the sentencing of a G20 violent anarchist Eva Botton for her role in the destruction of property during the G20 . this was also the very first time I had ever set foot inside the 361 University Ave. courthouse. it was quite an experience to be inside of it. We all hear of news stories that eventually end up in there , sadly, however, it somehow felt very different as I began to walk about the facility . Ms. Botton was in one courtroom while in other court room on the same floor, there was another far more serious case going on. More on that in a moment.
I decided that since I arrived early, i wanted to see some of the other proceedings that this house of justice deals with regularly. I saw cases ranging from drug dealers to assaults to murder. In one case, i arrived at a court room where only two cases were being heard that day of two different persons totaling OVER 160 offenses. I had never imagined that a person would be so intent in a life of criminality that they would commit such an array of crimes. However, this was not a movie, this was very real .
In another courtroom was an other very real case, the case of the guy who killed a Police Sgt, while on Duty with a snow plow. The name of the fallen officer was Sgt. Ryan Russel. Sgt Russell was a young officer with 52 division who was on the police force fo only a little over 10 years. he was recently promoted to the rank of Sgt. which, is quite fast . He was clearly on the way up the command chain. Sgt Russell was a family man, he had a beautiful wife, and very young son. He, like most of us had bills to pay, a family the depended on him and he loved what he did. Below are two images of Sgt. Russell with photo credit to CTV :
This is one of the last images of Sgt. Russell on duty :
The day he was laid to rest, I , along with many citizens of Toronto, lined University Ave for the final procession. I was going to document the event but felt as i got there that no, this is one time, the camera stays in the bag. i wanted to remember his life, not his final journey.
The person responsible for his death was dealt with through the court system and while I, along with many others think that he got off way too easy , I will leave that debate for minds far better suited to discuss that than I can ever be.
However, this was not the first time that cops were the direct target of violence in this city . During the G20, George Horton was convicted of crimes stemming for actions that could very easily have same way .
it appeared that Mr. Horton thought it was perfectly acceptable to assault an Officer on duty, while the officer was still in his car .
This Staff Sgt. , like Sgt Russell, had a family , responsibilities and a love for duty. However, it appeared that anarchists seemed to think that cops are the sole enemy an dare , therefore open targets for their ( the anarchists ) twisted logic of who is good and who is bad. The results where almost as bad, as, one can clearly see that these scum bag anarchists were not interested in who was around, they just wanted to destroy what they could, put lives at risk and target cops whenever possible.
I wonder if Horton , or who ever decided to set this car ablaze ever gave consideration to the fact that they were placing other human lives at great risk .
It appears that when ever there is some sort of protest where anarchists get involved, its the usual crap, ” fuck the police, eat the rich, all cops are bastards and so forth ” . yet, who are the first people even the anarchists call upon when they ( the anarchists ) have a serious issue to have to deal with.
So, this goes right back to Ms. Botton and where she was on this day. Ms. Botton may not have had anything to do with the assaults on the officer on Queen street that day during the G20 , but her comrades certainly did. Ms. Botton certainly had nothing to do with the death of Sgt, Russell , however, i think it was very fitting that she was sent to prison for her crimes against the people of Toronto the same day that the jury was deliberating the fate of Sgt. Russell’s killer, an officer and family person who dedicated his life to serving the people of Toronto, in the same court house, on the same floor. It was a good day for justice that day.












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