Splitting the Sky jailed for trying to “citizen arrest” this war criminal!

Apparently our cops have learned well their role as brutal thugs.

That's a great tactic. I'm sorry he was hurt in the ruckus. Good for him for having the guts:-)

Hi Stargazer,

I live in Calgary and I keep up with the news and this is the first I heard of Splitting the Sky's actions.  
It was likely given very little coverage if any at all.  The quote below may have something to do with it.

"They surrounded and pounced on him.  He was brutalized, arrested and beaten over and over again in the police van and jail cell...
...He [Splitting the Sky] sustained serious bodily injuries, including a partial concussion and a massive hernia. "

They may have also wanted to keep quiet the fact that they welcomed a known war criminal to this city with open arms where he was treated as if he was a saint incarnate.

Splitting the Sky was charged with Obstruction of justice, for his attempted citizen's arrest of 'credibly suspected' war criminal George W Bush. He now faces a 6 month jail sentence and $5000 dollar fine. There has been a media blackout of this matter, including by CBC. Please advise all who may be interested that his trial begins in Calgary on Monday March 8 at 10:00 AM. He will be defended by Lawyers Against War.

There will be a rally prior to the trial, at 9:00 AM on Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Calgary Court House, 601 5th Street, South West.

Please advise all who may be able to attend and/or support, as well as media that this is happening and should be covered

No surprise that there's practically zero awareness - such things do not find favour with all sorts of people you might think should..

It didn't help that the NDP was completely terrified by the approach made to them by Lawyers Against War, before Bush's visit -  seeking their assistance in addressing the government and RCMP refusal to implement their own settled and binding war crimes'legislation compelling them to either refuse Bush entry or hold him pending an investigation. Jack Layton's office stated baldly they would entertain no further correspondence on the subject. They're terrified of the issue and won't touch it. Not much from other political formations either sad to say - apparently the man's a 911 truther and proud of it too - which tends to frighten off most of the mainstream Canadian 'progressive' ahem community as well...you know how it is here.

So ..yes please do go support and be there LWB and urge as many others as can go to do so also.  While such things are still possible. Sounds like a good, grassroots real-deal thing.

in sol

 

 

The Peace Movement Versus the 9/11 Truth Movement

http://www.ourowncbc.info/profiles/blogs/barrie-zwickers-report-from

Saskatoon Peace Movement Exclude STS and Thank Police

http://splittingthesky.blogspot.com/2009/12/saskatoon-peace-movement-exc...

I believe he was also denied the right to speak at the Toronto demo against Bush and Clinton when they spoke.

http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/4225-911-truthers-do-the-clinton-...

"the event's organizers refused to respond affirmatively to several suggestions that the Mohawk activist be invited to speak from the protest's main podium.."

 

For further information, why not try emailing him directly, which is given on his blogspot as

splitting_the_sky@yahoo.com

Russel Tribunal Member Cynthia McKinney  Discusses Splitting the Sky vs George W Bush

http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/node/3103

"Cynthia McKinney (currently the only juror from the US on the Russel Tribunal on Palestine) has been invited to Calgary to serve as a witness in a trial beginning on March 8..."

The Trial of Splitting the Sky Versus George W Bush and the Calgary Principles

http://dailycensored.com/2010/03/07/the-trial-of-splitting-the-sky-versu...

"Splitting the Sky's action in Calgary highlights the abject failure of law enforcement agencies to do their job. It highlights the the unwillingness of police and those who direct them to apply the law equitably and independently...

As the Nuremberg principles make clear, the implicated law enforcement officers cannot claim in their defense that they were merely following orders in deciding to arrest STS rather than George W Bush.."

Citizen's Arrest of George Bush Justified, Court Hears

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/08/13159991.html

Political activist John Boncore [Splitting the Sky] was entitled to try to arrest US President George W Bush for war crimes, his lawyer told a Calgary court Monday. Defence counsel Charles Davison said his client's attempts at breaching a police barrier to gain access to Bush were justified.

Boncore is charged with obstructing a peace officer for repeatedly trying to get past security and into the Telus Convention Centre last March 17. Mr. Boncore had reasonable grounds to attempt to do what he said to the police he wanted to do," Davison told provincial court Judge Manfred Delong. "And that was to carry out a citizen's arrest of George Bush," the lawyer said.

Davison said he will present evidence, including a documentary entitled Taxi to the Dark Side, which details the torture and murder of an innocent Afghan cabbie to support Boncore's claim. Davison said a group called Lawyers Against the War, had urged the RCMP to arrest George Bush for crimes against humanity if he stepped on Canadian soil.

That group asserted Bush was 'inadmissable to Canada' as a suspected war criminal and said the former US president should not be allowed into our country. If he was deemed a suspected war criminal Bush would be disentitled to enter Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and would be breaking the law if he came here, Davison said.

As a result, Boncore was entitled to make a citizen's arrest since a crime was being committed.

 

thanks LWB - keep us posted..

Ottawa U professor Chossudovsky supports Splitting the Sky's citizens arrest of war criminal crazy George II Video

Canadian and international laws support citizens arrest of war criminals

 

I would have thought so too Netsia..

well if everyone reading this forwards the info to their circle of contacts: unions, church groups, social justice organizations, (just for fun their MPs), Council of Canadians, etc etc...maybe someone other than the Calgary Sun might do something on it.

I do notice that there's a bit of action in the blogosphere on it. Perhaps with people like ex US AG Ramsey Clark and Cynthia McKinney coming things will heat up a bit.

Some might  think the NDP would be interested but Jack Layton's office already advised Lawyers Against War that he would "entertain no further correspondence" on their requests for his help in having the pertinent legislation addressed prior to Bush's visit last year. No votes in it I guess.

Maybe I'll try Fox News..;)

 

 

 

I expected as much from CBC but I though for sure APTN (Aboriginal People's Television Network) would report on it.
Because of my assumption I didn't attempt to contact them until now.  If they are unwilling to report on this due to a media ban it is a clear indication of how deep this corruption runs.  APTN does have a large audience (estimated at far over 500,000) and would be worth getting the attention of.
As it stands they can claim ignorance even with a single email from me - they can simply say it must have been lost.
But surely they cannot deny losing emails from a dozen different people on the same topic.
If anyone has an extra few minutes please email them.  Below is the email I sent them.  Feel free to copy and paste it or better yet elaborate and send them other details of the case.  I kept it brief so it wouldn't be ignored by a lazy producer.

APTN email


"I was very surprised to discover that APTN is among the many media that has not or will not report anything regarding the Mohawk man who happens to be the only person in the world that attempted to perform a LEGAL citizens arrest on Former President Bush.  He has support from people all over the world including Lawyers Against War and a former congresswoman.

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/08/13159991.html

The link above with take you to the coverage of his trial by the Calgary Sun."

Cool. Now that Harper has allegations of war crimes against him concerning the Torturegate conspiracy, it can only be a matter of time before citizen patriots attempt lawful citizens' arrests of him.

[Edit deleted comment when I realized Netsia wasn't being sarcastic]

My thought was that there would be a more realistic chance of APTN covering it than Fox News.

'Realism' in my estimation is that we the people are who will be making the changes to how media is managed, openly, un-bias-ed-ly!!

- This morning have news as well that the trial in Calgary {my removing the quotation marks from around colonial place naming now, can be taken as an indication that I've figuratively 'taken the gloves off'!} has had its proceedings cancelled?!

- And, Dac's possible jail time was somehow also raised from 6 months to 2 years!

All of which I find highly amusing now, as this gives me ample reson & right to become creative on Dac's behalf.

P.s. I am virtually never sarcastic nor facetious & when I am it comes across as blazingly apparent. Cynicism can be a bit different in these very cynical times but there too I am always careful to highlight the contextual reasons for... just so you know!...

 

The corruption in this case sure has esculated.  I think the are openly being corrupt because the think no one knows because of the media ban.

Of that they are wrong.  They may be able to ban Canadian media but they cannot prevent the rest of the world from knowing the truth.

Outstanding NoDiff! Good point.

actually it's probably better characterized as an 'International' story..

 

I wasn't aware that was an option.  I assumed they had a select list of writers.  I also wonder if an article being too opinionated would be a problem.  I'll have to look into it.
If I do write about this case it would include what I wrote below:

If someone mentioned a trial in which the accused was denied the basic right to provide expert testimony in his defense and then the potential sentence was increased four-fold because the accused wouldn't plead guilty, it would likely be assumed it happened in a Fascist country.
Most people would be surprised to hear that it happened in Canada.  
Unfortunately most people haven't heard about it because there is a countrywide media-ban on the case, which is another demonstration of corruption in the case against Splitting the Sky-John Boncore.

...[Details of the case to be added]

...There is a special brand of justice reserved for those who dare to make a stand against tyranny.
It has long been known that in Canada the Hammer of Justice pounds the hardest on those without high priced lawyers.

Now the Canadian Justice system is demonstrating that there is an even more jagged and heavy Hammer of Justice reserved for corruption fighters regardless of their lawyer.

...[More details]

The day that people such as John Boncore stop fighting against corruption and genocide and risk losing their freedom to protect ours is the day that we are closer to a world ruled by Marshall Law.

 

Go for it LWB. I'm surprised that Rabble didn't  run one of the several pieces already circulating - surely it is significant and of interest to progressives. Has Rabble chosen to support the media blackout? Are they somehow opposed to this issue of accountability and war crimes?  What gives I wonder?

Good question. 

But anyvey, below is the article I have posted on newsvine.com and will be posting on media sites that have chosen to not obey the ILLEGAL media ban.  I decided to remove my opinion on this matter as I believe the bare facts speak for themselves.

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March 17 2009, in Calgary Alberta, Splitting the Sky, a Mohawk from Six Nations, acted on international law and instructed the RCMP to arrest George W. Bush.  When they refused he told them, “I am serving you notice that you are protecting a war criminal and an international terrorist.  You can be tried, convicted and executed as a collaborator before a Nuremberg-type tribunal”.

Splitting the Sky, separated from the 700 protesters broke through the police line carrying a letter from Ramsay Clark (the former U.S. attorney general, who supports the broad coalition of organizations that are seeking U.S. prosecution for Bush’s crimes) and advanced alone to arrest George W. Bush.  The police surrounded him and knocked him to the ground.  After he was handcuffed in the police van, Calgary police assualted him resulting in serious bodily injuries, including a partial concussion and a massive hernia.

Splitting the Sky-John Boncore's actions were perfectly legal based on the 'Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act'.  He was also acting on Canadian Law which states:
Canadian Law prohibits “people suspected of any involvement in torture or other war crimes and crimes against humanity from entering Canada for any period and for any purpose. The most recent report of the War Crimes Program affirms the necessity of barring war crimes suspects from Canada: ‘The most effective way to deny safe haven to people involved or complicit in war crimes or crimes against humanity is to prevent them from coming to Canada.’”

He has the support of Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman; Lawyers Against the War; and professors such as Anthony Hall.

His trial began on March 8, 2010 but on the 2nd day[edit] when former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney arrived to testify on his behalf Judge Manfred Delong suddenly cancelled the trial and will deliver his ruling on June 7th.  Judge Delong also increased his potential sentence from the original sentence of 6 months for 'obstruction of justice' to 2 years [for obstruction of corruption].

If someone mentioned a trial in which the accused was denied the basic right to provide witness testimony in his defense and then the potential sentence was increased four-fold because the accused wouldn't plead guilty, it would likely be assumed it happened in a Fascist country.
Many people would be surprised to hear that it happened in Canada.  
Unfortunately most people haven't heard about it because there is a countrywide media-ban on the case, which is another demonstration of corruption in the case against Splitting the Sky-John Boncore.

 

[Minor editing done March 16]

Thanks for your suggestions that will help in getting this message across accurately.

I will heed your advice and thanks for being honest.

Never forget Wounded Knee

But always move forward in preventing new ones

"I have seen pictures of Wounded Knee - the dead mothers with their babies. And I remember my grandfather, Good Fox, telling me about the dead mother with a baby nursing at her cold breast, drinking that cold milk. My Lai was hot, and Wounded Knee was icy cold, and that's the only difference." - Lame Deer

A man who is evoking International Law by proving that he was justified in attempting to arrest a war criminal is definitely a great move forward in preventing future massacres.

Interview with Splitting the Sky explains the legal basis of arresting G.W Bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIj9wGZyWM8

THIS is what Splitting the Sky is standing against. 

 

Thanks Stargazer for posting Shawn Brant's real FB link... I missed the group discussion here in Tiohtia:ke this week which Shawn participated in leading, and I wonder how well Shawn and Dac are able to each support the other's political activism?? I think that Dac should have a FB profile too!

 

babbling on on the possibly interestingly trivial, just went to Shawn's FB link & wouldn't you know but the FB site is "temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance"!

While I support th eintent of Splitting the Sky's actions, I do not know if the strategy was entirely sound. It seems like he went through a great deal of risk and harm (unfortunate yet unsurprising when bearing modern oppression techniques in mind), and achieved very little positive gain.

 

Of course, the collusion between media sources and the government has guaranteed a media blackout. This has had the consequence of reducing Splitting the Sky's noble actions into nothing more than an amusing byline for most Canadians. It would have been better if someone had found another way of raising the public awareness that is so necessary to our struggle. Those in power will ignore even the most heroic and truthful actions if they think they can get away with it, but it is much harder for the to operat ewith impunity if the people are mobilised and aware.

 

What Dac has done and what he has been achieving is monumental, you should be aware that those formerly in power are rapidly losing ground to a wide range of new actors as well as forces in global media networks. Since this past March we've been pressing to have Dac profiled on APTN which is scheduled to happen now, and Al Jazeera-- I am not sure of any direct correlation & the few of us who were trying certainly wouldn't take any credit though it is just interesting that Al Jazeera has begun broad-casting here! So we should hope & press for that too.

 

And Dac has grass roots support, rock solid, as well as some of the most influential, that is to say the really powerful people behind him,

 

... NoDif, I'm not quite seeing how your "Not just" actually elaborates the group of complicit parties when the NDP are obviously the government?

(there's another background issue at work but I have to check the facts of association first!)...

Stargazer, I don't know what you mean by post the link? There is not a web-site associated with the art image. It was created by Edna Spennato for Dac personally! I thought I had filled in this info when I submitted it but it didn't show?

 

Here the passage from Dacajeweiah's Autobiography that I wanted to insert as topically related background info of former BC NDP Attorney General {and Premier?} Ujjal Dosanjh, these days running with Canada's federal reds:

 

"During the Gustafsen Lake trial, prominent Ts'peten Defender, Wolverine (William Jones Ignace), cited the Royal Proclamation in his defence. The BC Court of Appeal held: "The Royal Proclamation has never applied to this Province, the appellants cannot rely upon the Royal Proclamation as support for their position." Contrarily, Patricia Margaret Hutchings in her law thesis argued that BC is within the geographic scope of the proclamation.

Ignoring the legal history, then New Democratic Party Attorney General of BC, Ujjal Dosanjh (now the Minister of Health in the Martin Liberal government), gave the RCMP sweeping powers to remove the Ts'peten Defenders from the land. In an overtly racist move, reminiscent of Canada's World War II persecution of Japanese-Canadians, Aboriginal police were exempted from participation in what was dubbed Operation Wallaby.

Canadian authorities rejected disinterested, independent, outside mediation to settle the dispute at Gustafsen Lake. Dosanjh railed against the possibility of outside observers: "There shall be no alien intervention into the affairs of this state." Of course, once the matter was in the open, it would have been most difficult to quash the legal arguments of the Indigenous people."

 

Just so we are all clear on the kind of scum who are behind the media black-out, etc.

 

Details of Dacajeweiah's Autobiography:

The Autobiography of Dacajeweiah
Splitting the Sky
John Boncore Hill
From Attica Lake to Gustafsen Lake: Unmasking the Secrets of the Psycho-sexual Energy and the Struggle for Original People's Title
With She Skeeps the Door (Sandra Bruderer)
Published by John Pasquale Boncore
Chase, BC 2001
653 pages. IBSN 0-9689365-0-4
$50.00

 

scummy pigs & where's the rest of'em?

[Quoting to share this excellent updated run through factoid of actions including statements directed to government officials to arrest Bush:]--

 

The world is in a dire situation where international meetings need to occur so global citizens can compare and contrast our various initiatives.

 

My understanding is that activated global citizens are taking up arms, so to speak, as they see the opportunity to do so.  It is “self-organizing” - - various initiatives not consciously coordinated, but which all work together.

 

To me it is important that people realize

-        the magnitude of the combined efforts to insist on the rule of law

-        the fact that these efforts are not going to stop:  it may take years but rest assured we do have power and we will exercise it.

-        In the end Bush, Blair and their thugs will be brought to trial.  

 

 I distributed the following chronology recently, to help illustrate that it will be done.  In case it may be useful to any of you, I forward to you.

 

Cheers,

Sandra

 

(1)    UPDATED CHRONOLOGY OF EFFORTS TO GET BUSH ARRESTED  (revised May 25, 2010)

 

The following highlights SOME of the efforts which are on-going through many organizations in the world.

-        2002: we vigorously joined with millions of people around the world calling on George Bush not to drop bombs on Iraq.  Information on the laws and the evidence was circulated.  

-        March 2003: the U.S. started the Iraq War.  Then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien kept Canada out of the war.

-        October 2007:  “The Guantánamo Files” by Andy Worthington (UK) is published.  It is  “a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how Guantánamo came to be the torture chamber of the United States. This comprehensive and well-researched exposé reveals the stories of the many tragic men and boys who were picked up after 9/11 by, or at the direction of, the US government, and also clearly demonstrates the frightening and unchecked power of the Bush administration and the failures that have followed on from its miserable, inept and criminal policies. Perhaps most disturbing, from a personal point of view, is the author’s unraveling of the US government’s manipulation of classified information, not to protect national security, but in a vain attempt to hide the truth about Guantánamo. The fact that the prison’s real story has been ignored by our corporate media, by politicians on both sides of the aisle and, most distressingly, by the judiciary, makes this book an important historical contribution to this dark period. If the US happens to survive this episode of cruelty and lawlessness, The Guantánamo Files will be an important tool for coming to grips with how we as a nation allowed indefinite detention without charge, extraordinary rendition and torture to become national policies.”
Candace Gorman, lawyer for two Guantánamo prisoners

http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/the-guantanamo-files/ 

 

 

-        2008:  Vince Bugliosi’s book, "Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder" is published.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vincent-bugliosi/the-prosecution-of-george_b_102427.html   

 

-        July 2008:  we circulated Vince Bugliosi’s testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, YouTube video, calling for prosecution of Geo Bush.  “Stunning”  

http://watsupjb75.blogspot.com/2008/07/bugliosi.html

 

-        2008:  Charlotte Dennett runs for Attorney General of Vermont on the platform that she will prosecute Bush for murder.  Charlotte is working with Ramsay Clark, former U.S. Attorney General.

http://chardennett.org/ 

 

-        In Canada, Gail Davidson (Lawyers Against the War (L.A.W. – Vancouver) has assembled the laws and the evidence to show that Bush needs to be arrested and tried for his crimes.

 

-        March 2009:  The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a warrant for the arrest of Al Bashir of Sudan for his crimes against humanity (Darfur).

 

-        March 2009:  Sent letter to the ICC with L.A.W.’s documentation regarding Bush.  Request that they issue a warrant for arrest of Bush.

 

-        March 2009:  Bush coming to Calgary.  We joined in petitioning (phone calls, etc.) of the Law Firm (Bennett Jones) and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the Bush visit. 

 

-        March 17, 2009.  Calgary protest over Bush’s visit. Splitting the Sky is arrested as he tries to do a citizen’s arrest of Bush.

 

-        Sept 08, 2009 “Spanish judge resumes torture case against six senior Bush lawyers”     http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/09/08/spanish-judge-resumes-torture-case-against-six-senior-bush-lawyers/  (The judge, Garzon, is Spain's best-known investigating magistrate.  He issued the precedent-setting arrest warrant for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998 when Britain wouldn’t.)

 

-        Sept 12, 2009.  The email “ We are in big trouble if the laws do not apply to those who govern.”  Includes “significance of the rule of law”. 

 

-        Oct 2, 2009:  TV series, “Law and Order” makes the case for the prosecution of Bush Administration torturers.

 

-        October:  Bush coming to Edmonton, Saskatoon and Montreal.  In Saskatoon a month in advance of Bush’s visit we delivered letters to the Chief of Police, to the head of the RCMP Saskatoon detachment, and to the Commanding Officer for Division F (Saskatchewan).  Also to Border Services.  The letters contained the information from Lawyers Against the War (Gail Davidson).  We submitted the law and the evidence which says that Bush contravened the law and a request that they carry out their duty under the law to arrest Bush when he is here.  Scroll down to appended CONTENTS of the letters. 

 

-        Because this involves “the law” and because many of the people who might potentially attend the Bush event were lawyers, using the Yellow Pages, we emailed almost every law firm in town, a month before the visit.  We also sent information to the Law Society (as we also had done with the Alberta Law Society when Bush was coming to Calgary.)  And to City Council.   Also to the lawyer for Brett Wilson (Calgary) who was an organizer of the Bush October visit.   Our intention was to see that it would be unpopular for people to attend, to make the visit a money-loser for the organizers.  Posters calling for arrest of Bush, the war criminal were plastered around town.  The organizers ended up giving large numbers of tickets away for free.

 

-        Replies were received from the Police; they said they would not arrest Bush. 

 

-        L.A.W. sent a letter to the Attorney General of Canada, Robert Nicholson.  From Saskatoon we distributed a few thousand post cards addressed to him.  The front of the postcard reads:   “If the most powerful among us are not accountable to the law, our justice system fails.  .. The Government of Canada has a legal duty to bar George W. Bush from Canada - - as a suspected war criminal - - or to prosecute him for torture once he enters Canada.  The law allows no other options.”  It has a picture of George Bush with the scales of justice and the olive branch in the background.  The back of the card reads, “Dear Attorney General Nicholson … “  (scroll down to appended, remainder of text)

 

-        October 20, 21, 22, 2009.  Protest rallies in Edmonton, Saskatoon and Montreal.  The police did not arrest Bush.

 

-        November 4, 2009.   23 CIA agents convicted in kidnapping, torture trial in Italy.

 http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2/564167183?page=NewsArticle&id=5400&news_iv_ctrl=1281

"They acted under orders from Bush and Cheney. ...”

 

-        January 19, 2010:  Law Professor Francis Boyle from the University of Illinois filed a request with the International Criminal Court (ICC – “the Hague”)  for the arrest of Bush and his companions.   http://www.redress.cc/global/redress20100206 

 

-        Early 2010:  Charlotte Dennett publishes “The People v. Bush: One Lawyer's Campaign to Bring the President to Justice and the Nationwide Grassroots Movement She's Encountered Along the Way"

 

-        March 5, 2010, Court Allows Torture Suit Against Former Defense Sec't Donald Rumsfeld  http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/89143/index.php 

(email circulated March 11) 1st time in U.S. history that court allows torture suit against current or former Cabinet Secretary

CHICAGO, March 5, 2010  – Federal Judge Wayne R. Andersen issued an historic ruling that allows a lawsuit to proceed against former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld who allegedly authorized torture. 

The case would not be, if Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel weren’t willing to tackle the issue.   They are the fellows behind the court case.

 

 

-        March 8 – 9, 2010:  Calgary,  trial of Splitting the Sky over his attempt to do a citizen’s arrest of Bush in March 2009.   KEVIN MARTIN and the Calgary Sun (“Citizen's arrest of George W. Bush justified, court hears”) are to be congratulated for their coverage of the Splitting the Sky trial.

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/08/13159991.html

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18005 

 

-        We continue the conversation regarding the prosecution of Canadian officials who had an obligation under the law to arrest Bush when he was here.  Timing and developments, action.

 

-        March 2010.  (I believe that this documentary teaches Canadians an important lesson from history directly related to the current situation.)  A six-part series,  Love, Hate and Propaganda aired on CBC TV.  Hitler had a dilemma. He wanted to takeover Poland; but especially with the experience of World War One, the German people did not want to make war against anyone.   What a daunting task:  create a mindset in the population to extinguish their resistance to making war on Poland.

Hitler used mass media (radio and the movies) to create an image, an illusion, of the people of Poland.   They became vermin worthy only of extermination.  . . .  Poland was brutally attacked.

If you imagine yourself as a citizen, not of Poland in World War Two, but as a citizen of Iraq, I think you would see the current wars like the music of Bach:   we are hearing a variation on the music of war – the theme (the means) does not change.   In this variation the propaganda that allowed Bush to drop bombs on Iraq was weapons-of-mass-destruction, Muslims.  Terrorists. 

Taking equality before the law a step further:  if everyone you know, knows about the very important struggles of the people to get George Bush and Company tried for  their crimes against humanity, then at least one could say that “a free press” exists in this Canadian might-be democracy.

If people are generally unaware of the struggle, then “a free press” is a meaningless phrase.   Propaganda omits one side of the story.   And anyone who questions must be marginalized.  Don’t tell their story; if you do, paint them into beings who are “radical” or “leftist” or “activist” or who “incite” the crowd to violence.  Or, make them into despicable people.

 

-        April 3, 2010:  Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark chosen to head international investigation of Bush Administration war crimes.

http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2/564167183?page=NewsArticle&id=5431&news_iv_ctrl=1281 

 

“  at a meeting of over 150 lawyers, legal scholars andhuman rights campaigners, Ramsey Clark, founder of Indict Bush Now, was chosen to be the chairperson of an international campaign to investigate war crimes committed by officials from the Bushadministration.

 

Representatives at the meeting held in Beirut, Lebanon, came from all over the world. The campaign will investigate the lies, deceit and manipulation leading up to the Iraq war; the conduct of the waritself against an essentially defenseless country; and the horrors of the continued occupation.

 

Lawyers and judges in several countries are exploring prosecution.

 

Ramsey Clark emphasized that it is the imperative responsibility of the American people to relentlessly pursue this investigation, and to seek prosecution and indictment inside of the United States.

 

-        June 6:  Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark speaks in Calgary

 

-        June 7:  Calgary Judge’s decision on Splitting the Sky is due

 

This is not an exhaustive list of individual efforts to place Bush and his companions under the rule of law.  There are international organizations working on it, too. 

 

If you know persons in the police and security forces, please forward this to them.  They should be aware of our efforts to insist on the rule of law; we stand in solidarity with them.

 

 

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APPENDED

 

DESCRIPTION, FRONT-SIDE OF POSTCARD:

 

-  the front has a picture of Geo Bush with the Scales of Justice in the background in the centre of an olive wreath

 

-  TEXT:

 

If the most powerful among us are not accountable to the law, our justice system fails.

 

The Government of Canada has a legal duty to bar George W. Bush from Canada - - as a suspected war criminal - - or to prosecute him for torture once he

enters Canada.  The law allows no other options.

 

 

DESCRIPTION, BACK-SIDE OF POSTCARD: 

 

-  TEXT:

 

Dear Attorney General Nicholson,

 

George W. Bush arrives in Canada, October 20, 2009.

 

As you know, Canada is a signatory to international legal covenants such as

the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute.  As signatories we are legally

bound to enforce these laws.  Furthermore, Canada has enacted supporting

legislation.

 

Under the Canadian Criminal Code, the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes

Act, and the Geneva Conventions Act, torture and other war crimes and

crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world are crimes in

Canada.  Canada has a legal duty to prosecute such crimes.  The duty to

prosecute is triggered when the suspected perpetrators enter Canada.

 

While President of the United States, George W. Bush waged war on Iraq

without credible justification, the most serious breach of International Law

which prohibits wars of aggression.  His government has held prisoners of

war indefinitely without due process and has authorized the use of torture

against many of these detainees, also in breach of international law.

 

To fail to apply the laws equally would be to breach your Oath of Office and

to undermine the rule of law in Canada.  The Attorney General does not act

on directions from his colleagues or anyone else in discharging his duties

in the enforcement of the law.

 

George W. Bush must be arrested and prosecuted.

 

Signed: ___________________

Name: _______________________

Country: ________________________

 

 

THE POSTCARD IS ADDRESSED TO:

 

Honorable Robert Nicholson

Attorney General of Canada

Member of Parliament

House of Commons

Parliament Buildings

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada K1A 0A6

 

- DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE

Written in the box where a stamp would ordinarily go:

"No Postage Necessary if Mailed from Within Canada."

 

(Any regular-size correspondence addressed to a Member of Parliament at the

House of Commons does not require postage.)

 

- All you have to do is sign and pop the postcard into a mailbox.

 

- - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

CONTENTS OF THE LETTER TO THE RCMP:

 

(1)  SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RULE OF LAW: 

GEORGE BUSH'S VISIT IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MATTER

(2)  LETTER TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE

(3)  INTERNATIONAL AND CANADIAN LAWS, AS THEY APPLY TO BUSH

(4)  G.W. BUSH SHOULD BE BARRED ENTRY UNDER INADMISSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT (IRPA)

(5)  CANADIAN LAW OBLIGES THE POLICE IN SASKATCHEWAN TO ARREST BUSH

(6)  DUTY TO BAR ENTRY TO CANADA

(7)  DUTY TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF TORTURE

(8)  DUTY TO PROSECUTE

(9)  VINCE BUGLIOSI’S BOOK, “THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER”

AND TESTIMONY AT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARINGS (YOUTUBE)

(10)  MESSAGE FROM RAMSAY CLARK, FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL

(11)  SPANISH JUDGE RESUMES TORTURE CASE AGAINST SIX SENIOR BUSH LAWYERS,  8.9.09

(12)  UPDATE ON THE SPANISH PROSECUTION, OCTOBER 7.  LEGAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST BUSH, BLAIR AND OTHERS (13)  BOOK, THE GUANTANAMO FILES, THE  STORIES OF THE 774 DETAINEES IN AMERICAN’S ILLEGAL PRISON

(14)  TORTURED LAW, VIDEO FOOTAGE

(15)  “LAW & ORDER” MAKES CASE FOR PROSECUTION OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION TORTURERS, OCTOBER 2, 2009

 

Benjamin Netanyahu is also a 'credibly suspected' war criminal who should be arrested upon his arrival here in Toronto on Sunday May 30. Instead our politicans of all stripes accord these monsters full immunity from existing and settled Canadian law. Thanks for this important information and best of luck to STS on his upcoming court decision and continuing pursuit of accountability and justice. War Criminals Not Welcome Here!

Splitting the Sky's comments after the trial
http://www.vimeo.com/12477543

Citizen's Arrest of War Criminal George W. Bush: Court Case in Canada
Anti-Bush Protester Handed Fine, One-Year Probation

by Daryl Slade
   
Global Research, June 10, 2010
Calgary Herald - 2010-06-07

CALGARY — A Chase, B.C., man will not go to jail after being convicted of obstructing a peace officer while protesting former U.S. president George W. Bush's visit to Calgary last year.


Provincial court Judge Manfred Delong handed a conditional discharge Monday to John Pasquale Boncore, 58, and placed him on probation for a year.

Boncore — who also goes by the name of Splitting the Sky — must make a $1,000 donation to a charity of his choice and pay a $50 victim fine surcharge as conditions of his probation.

Court heard Boncore, who wanted to have Bush arrested as a war criminal, tried to cross a line of city police officers providing security as the former president spoke at the Telus Convention Centre on March 17, 2009.

Boncore told the judge before sentencing that if being fined $1,000 "for trying to apprehend a war criminal of the Bush administration, and possibly stop torture and murder," then "bring it on."

Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who has worked for many years in aboriginal rights with Boncore, a former resident of Buffalo, N.Y., gave a strong character reference on the man's behalf during Monday's hearing.

Outside court, Clark condemned the Bush administration for "the most unspeakable aggression" since the Second World War in starting conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. He insisted there shouldn't be a problem with protesting something you believe in.

"It's important people see that side of (Bush's regime)," said Clark. "If (the U.S.) continued this war aggression, it's going to be a short and difficult future for everybody."


A defiant Boncore told the judge before sentencing he wasn't there to incite violence but that he "(believes) in my heart that George W. Bush is a war criminal."

 
Crown prosecutor Tracy Davis, who did not seek any jail time, nevertheless called Boncore's actions that day a well-planned and deliberate action.

Defence lawyer Charles Davison had sought a discharge for his client, who had no prior criminal record and has a good standing in his community.

Delong said the issue did not have anything to do with Boncore's beliefs but rather what he had done that day.

He called the obstruction a relatively minor offence compared to similar cases."

 

Global Research Articles by Daryl Slade

If Judge DeLong said that then he ignored the evidence which he had earlier accepted and agreed to review from Laywers Against War(LAW), the same documents which Dac had with him at the time that he was attempting a citizen's arrest of Bush...

 

 And, I'll just add that it is more than a little annoying that one can only really rely upon sources such as rabble.ca to see transcripted statements from such an important trial as this one.

I've heard talk - that because Splitting the Sky is a Native American that he should only focus his work on freeing his own people from oppression.

But to the dismay of our oppressors he has chosen to follow the spirit of a true warrior for the people and expanded his circle of compassion to include ALL of those oppressed by the oppressors.  Not to mention the work he has done defending his own people which will not be forgotten as much as the oppressors attempt to conceal the truth.

Suffering is suffering and murder is murder regardless of where it occurs.  There are some people who will not turn a blind eye to the murdering of women and children.

 

Albert Einstein:

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."