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Your friendly reminder that rape is still worse than a false rape accusation

Some time in late March, four young women got in a cab in Edmonton. Some or all of thema claimed to bystanders that the driver had tried to rape them. The case was cleared up quickly, because the driver had a camera in his cab that recorded the entire ride and the not rape that happened. Cue internet maelstrom demanding the women’s heads.

Police state news: LAPD “cop killer” now being targeted by drones

As its efforts to track down former police officer and fugitive Christopher Dorner move into their second week, the LAPD has announced it will use drones in its search efforts. If you are the kind of disturbed anarcho-communist who doesn’t want to live in George Orwell’s 1984, this should be a very fucking scary development.

Canada’s BFF Israel admits to targeting Ethiopian immigrants for birth control

On Sunday, the Israeli government officially acknowledged that it had systematically coerced Ethiopian immigrants into accepting long-acting birth control shots like Depo-Provera. Thankfully, the admission came with an order to end the practice. The policy first came to light in 2008, and is especially troubling because Depo-Provera is linked to side effects like decreased bone density.

Winnipeg’s new police chief to use the power of prayer to fight crime

Who needs a “tough on crime” agenda in Ottawa when we’ve got a God on Crime program kicking ass here in Winnipeg?

People committing crimes so they can have wild pizza orgies in prison, imagines Vic Toews

If you like pizza parties, prison may just be the place for you. That is until party-pooping Vic Toews gets his way. Turns out that prison is very similar to grade in the ’90s when Pizza Hut would throw your class a party for reading books. Except in prison it’s more like they just spend their own money and buy pizza.

Modern Robin Hoods smuggling cheap illegal cheese into Canada

The Niagara region of Ontario is awash in cheese — illegal cheese smuggled across the border from the United States. And those willing to act as mules and drive cases of cheese into the country can make as much as $2,000 per trip.

BREAKING: Prison rape jokes are not funny

It shouldn’t need to be said in 2012 but god damn does it ever: it is not okay to laugh about prison inmates being raped.