cracked:We’re all reeling from Ferguson and Eric Garner. But why aren’t we looking north
cracked:We’re all reeling from Ferguson and Eric Garner. But why aren’t we looking north?5 Stories That Prove Police Are Just as Terrifying in Canada#5. The Saskatoon Freezing Deaths (aka “Starlight Tours”)So here’s a guy who deserves his own movie. In the early morning hours of Jan. 28, 2000, Darrell Night, a member of the Cree Nation, was picked up by two Saskatoon police officers (both white) after a drunken argument at his uncle’s apartment got a bit out of hand. Like any clear-thinking intoxicated person, he expected to be taken to the town drunk tank to sleep off his buzz. That didn’t happen. Instead, Night was driven three miles out of town, removed from the vehicle, had his head slammed against the hood, his handcuffs removed, and was told to walk back. He was wearing jeans, a T-shirt, a denim jacket, and running shoes. In January. At night. In Canada.Read More -- source link