Canconda comments on UPDATE: In a statement provided to CBC News, Kawartha Lakes Police Chief Kirk Robertson "touches on the assault charge" handed out to the home owner, after he was the victim of a home invasion.

UPDATE: In a statement provided to CBC News, Kawartha Lakes Police Chief Kirk Robertson "touches on the assault charge" handed out to the home owner, after he was the victim of a home invasion. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by ohshit604@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly. Canadian laws are design to incentivize de-escalating the level of violence. Unlike American laws which incentivize jumping straight to lethal force.

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

"I feared for my life and the lives of my fellow officers."

Why are individuals held to stricter rules? It should not be legal to shoot someone who is stealing your lawn gnomes but an armed thief inside your house is a thread of unknown magnitude.

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I agree that's BS but that's also more in the USA where everyone has guns. In Canada cops can't pull that as easily because statistically people aren't carrying guns here.

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