Flung into a police cruiser, manhandled and beat. Off to the police station and jail tombs for interrogation and possible further abuse. What has this educated professional woman done, what crime could she be accused of you may ask? Her public rejection of despotism. That is why she will be terrorized, abused and possibly disappeared in the future.
Whether she lives in Latin and Central America, the continent of Africa, Asia, Russia, China or even North America women like her will be targets of tyrants and their henchmen. Yes usually men, secure only in their abilities to punish, terrorize and threaten the innocent of this world.
She arrives at jail to find out that she has been charged with assaulting an officer. Seems she resisted the police by simply shoving them in a struggle to stay free. Lifting your hand to such authority can get you murdered in many global situations. Is she ever told why she is really in prison? She knows of course, but habeas corpus and civil rights, let alone women’s rights or the right of self-expression don’t really exist, only on paper(national constitution).
Depending upon her physical appearance and importance to society this woman could spend months or years in prison facing continual abuse, rape, humiliation and torture. If she is a known person perhaps a little slapping around and terror may be enough to silence her, but if she stands her ground the authorities have as much time as they wish to brutalize and break her.
Depending on where this happens, her family and loved ones may not know where she may be, or they do as happens in many well-known prisons of torture where the cries of prisoners are often heard throughout the night.
Cuban or Nicaraguan Police Professionals will interrogate these women for as long as it takes. Asian and African tyrants will often simply disappear these brave women.
Why are women who participate in human/civil rights movements targeted? Well, men are much more easily understood by the predator, while women in these societies represent the very strength of a movement, public opinion and the family unit. A man will fight and often die for a cause, but a woman faces so much more. They are the sisters, mothers, wives, family members and leaders of most societies. Their opinions are heard by most, even those who fight the good fight. If the authorities take down these symbols of all that the public cherish, be it family, love, faith, sober thought and maternal advice the getter good is threatened and damaged. Women have been known to be far more fanatical, resourceful and charismatic in many historical movements.
Protect your women, and disallow the many threats they face daily, be it poverty, criminality, sexual assault or the denial of their rights. Within every society, women are still treated as secondary citizens paid less, and mistreated often. Ask why the women in North America still make 25-38% less in wages than their equal partnered men.
This chauvinism is universal. Whether we wish to admit it or not, women still have a long way to go towards equality. Over half of the nations on this planet mistreat their women in some way, be it civil or religious in nature, it is still manipulative, oppressive and sexist. Women in the West can vote for a leader, but they cannot vote freely for better treatment, better wages and better representation within the socio-political arena.
They can burn their bra’s, march together, hang in prison cells, disappear and never be seen again, tortured, humiliated, lied to, and ignored, but never can they not be socially significant, politically and economically present. Half the world’s population are women. I wish we could hear them roar!
EDMONTON – RCMP say a second suspect has been arrested in the killing of an Alberta county worker.
Mounties say 28-year-old Elijah Strawberry was taken into custody Friday at a house on O’Chiese First Nation.
Colin Hough, a worker with Rocky View County, was shot and killed while on the job on a rural road east of Calgary on Aug. 6.
Another man who worked for Fortis Alberta was shot and wounded, and RCMP said the suspects fled in a Rocky View County work truck.
Police later arrested Arthur Wayne Penner, 35, and charged him with first-degree murder and attempted murder, and a warrant was issued for Strawberry’s arrest.
RCMP also said there was a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Strawberry, describing him as armed and dangerous.
Chief Supt. Roberta McKale, told a news conference in Edmonton that officers had received tips and information over the last few weeks.
“I don’t know of many members that when were stopped, fuelling up our vehicles, we weren’t keeping an eye out, looking for him,” she said.
But officers had been investigating other cases when they found Strawberry.
“Our investigators were in O’Chiese First Nation at a residence on another matter and the major crimes unit was there working another file and ended up locating him hiding in the residence,” McKale said.
While an investigation is still underway, RCMP say they’re confident both suspects in the case are in police custody.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the 26-year-old son of a man found dead on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast has been charged with his murder.
Police say 58-year-old Henry Doyle was found badly injured on a forest service road in Egmont last September and died of his injuries.
The homicide team took over when the BC Coroners Service said the man’s death was suspicious.
It says in a statement that the BC Prosecution Service has approved one count of first-degree murder against the man’s son, Jackson Doyle.
Police say the accused will remain in custody until at least his next court appearance.
The homicide team says investigators remained committed to solving the case with the help of the community of Egmont, the RCMP on the Sunshine Coast and in Richmond, and the Vancouver Police Department.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
VANCOUVER – Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, have broken off without an agreement following 15 hours of talks.
Joe McCann, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724, says they stayed at the bargaining table with help from a mediator until 2 a.m. Friday and made “some progress.”
However, he says the union negotiators didn’t get an offer that they could recommend to the membership.
McCann says that in some ways they are close to an agreement, but in other areas they are “miles apart.”
About 600 employees of the door-to-door transit service for people who can’t navigate the conventional transit system have been on strike since last week, pausing service for all but essential medical trips.
McCann asks HandyDART users to be “patient,” since they are trying to get not only a fair contract for workers but also a better service for customers.
He says it’s unclear when the talks will resume, but he hopes next week at the latest.
The employer, Transdev, didn’t reply to an interview request before publication.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
