Our Saskatchewan Justice System is Rotten to the Core

Our Saskatchewan Justice System is Rotten to the Core

By Mario deSantis, February 19, 2000

people
are
dying
Our Justice system is racist to the very core of our Ministry of Justice, and it percolates down to

every institution, our police, and our legal community. It is scary, it is true, and people are dying

because of it. The RCMP is investigating allegations that policemen of the City of Saskatoon

would drive aboriginal people at the outskirt of the city, would take off their clothes, and would

abandon them to walk back to the city in sub zero temperature weather⁽¹⁾. Again, this police

brutality is disconcerting but true.

racism is a
grim reality in Canada and in Saskatchewan
On July 17, 1998 Justice Ron Barclay stated "that racism is a grim reality in Canada and in

Saskatchewan. It exists openly and blatantly in attitudes and actions of individuals. It exists

in the fears, in the prejudices and stereotypes held by many people and it exists in our

institutions in the criminal justice system⁽²⁾" At this time, John White, Deputy Minister of

Justice, stated that Justice Barclay was "dead wrong" and that his ministry was working hard

to get rid of the social stigma of racism by spending $350,000 to help Aboriginal organizations

deal with family violence⁽³⁾.

racism is not fought with money
Again, our hypocritical leaders use numbers to show how hard they work, without realizing

that the texturing problem of racism is not fought with money but--as I wrote in one of my

previous article-- by looking "inwardly and take actions to get rid of outdated mental models

and cultural biases against Aboriginal people"

Today, Deputy Minister John Whyte, referring to the RCMP investigation affecting the

a social
textured
problem
allegations of police brutality against Aboriginal people, has stated that he wants "to find the

truth, and to do what we can do to restore public confidence in the administration of justice

⁽⁴⁾" The truth of a social textured problem such as racism is not found by conducting only

one investigation by the RCMP. And Perry Bellegarde, Chief of the Federation of

Saskatchewan Indian Nations, has stated rightly that an inquiry is needed "There's got to be

an independent public inquiry starting immediately looking at policing, corrections, the court

system, looking at everything, a comprehensive review⁽⁵⁾."

more
policemen
Mr. Premier Romanow is "dead wrong" in wanting to cure our social unrest and prejudices

by adding more policemen in Saskatoon and Regina⁽⁶⁾. Mr. Premier Romanow's

"Rule of Law⁽⁷⁾" should have no place today in Saskatchewan, in fact his "Rule of Law"

should be shelved along with all the Rule of Law of the past and present communist and

dictatorial regimes we have come to know very well.

-----------------Endnotes:

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1.
-
Witness recalls Native man struggling with police, by Dan Zakreski, The StarPhoenix, February 18, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2.
-
Judgment dated July 17, 1998 in the Queen's Bench Judicial Centre of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, by Justice Barclay J.

3.
-
NEED OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SASKATCHEWAN: Fight Against Racism and a New Worldview, by Mario deSantis, October 7, 1998

4.
-
Police chief under siege, by Dan Zakreski, The StarPhoenix, February 17, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

5.
-
A third frozen death; Saskatoon police give information to RCMP investigators http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Feb 18 2000 9:48 PM EST

6.
-
Saskatchewan Troubled Children: 40% of our school children, by Mario deSantis, January 14, 2000

7.
-
Premier Romanow: Reinventing The Rule Of Law And Becoming Above The Law, by Mario deSantis, September 2, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-ReinvenLaw-Sept02-99.htm

Our Saskatchewan Justice System is Rotten to the Core
*By Mario deSantis, February 19, 2000*

people are dying	Our Justice system is racist to the very core of our Ministry of Justice, and it percolates down to
	every institution, our police, and our legal community. It is scary, it is true, and people are dying
	because of it. The RCMP is investigating allegations that policemen of the City of Saskatoon
	would drive aboriginal people at the outskirt of the city, would take off their clothes, and would
	abandon them to walk back to the city in sub zero temperature weather⁽¹⁾. Again, this police
	brutality is disconcerting but true.

racism is a grim reality in Canada and in Saskatchewan	On July 17, 1998 Justice Ron Barclay stated "that racism is a grim reality in Canada and in
	Saskatchewan. It exists openly and blatantly in attitudes and actions of individuals. It exists
	in the fears, in the prejudices and stereotypes held by many people and it exists in our
	institutions in the criminal justice system⁽²⁾" At this time, John White, Deputy Minister of
	Justice, stated that Justice Barclay was "dead wrong" and that his ministry was working hard
	to get rid of the social stigma of racism by spending $350,000 to help Aboriginal organizations
	deal with family violence⁽³⁾.

racism is not fought with money	Again, our hypocritical leaders use numbers to show how hard they work, without realizing
	that the texturing problem of racism is not fought with money but--as I wrote in one of my
	previous article-- by looking "inwardly and take actions to get rid of outdated mental models
	and cultural biases against Aboriginal people"

	Today, Deputy Minister John Whyte, referring to the RCMP investigation affecting the
a social textured problem	allegations of police brutality against Aboriginal people, has stated that he wants "to find the
	truth, and to do what we can do to restore public confidence in the administration of justice
	⁽⁴⁾" The truth of a social textured problem such as racism is not found by conducting only
	one investigation by the RCMP. And Perry Bellegarde, Chief of the Federation of
	Saskatchewan Indian Nations, has stated rightly that an inquiry is needed "There's got to be
	an independent public inquiry starting immediately looking at policing, corrections, the court
	system, looking at everything, a comprehensive review⁽⁵⁾."

more policemen	Mr. Premier Romanow is "dead wrong" in wanting to cure our social unrest and prejudices
	by adding more policemen in Saskatoon and Regina⁽⁶⁾. Mr. Premier Romanow's
	"Rule of Law⁽⁷⁾" should have no place today in Saskatchewan, in fact his "Rule of Law"
	should be shelved along with all the Rule of Law of the past and present communist and
	dictatorial regimes we have come to know very well.

-----------------Endnotes:
	General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1. -	Witness recalls Native man struggling with police, by Dan Zakreski, The StarPhoenix, February 18, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2. -	Judgment dated July 17, 1998 in the Queen's Bench Judicial Centre of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, by Justice Barclay J.

3. -	NEED OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SASKATCHEWAN: Fight Against Racism and a New Worldview, by Mario deSantis, October 7, 1998

4. -	Police chief under siege, by Dan Zakreski, The StarPhoenix, February 17, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

5. -	A third frozen death; Saskatoon police give information to RCMP investigators http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted \| Feb 18 2000 9:48 PM EST

6. -	Saskatchewan Troubled Children: 40% of our school children, by Mario deSantis, January 14, 2000

7. -	Premier Romanow: Reinventing The Rule Of Law And Becoming Above The Law, by Mario deSantis, September 2, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-ReinvenLaw-Sept02-99.htm