As a legal gun owner, I’m definitely paying attention to the Portapique investigation and even as an average citizen I have noticed the slow drip of information that’s come from authorities.  Whenever something dramatic happens here in Toronto the police department comes out rather quickly with information.  It’s obvious that the RCMP dropped the ball completely but are they delaying things to try to hide something?  Sigh that’s a step I would take but this article does bring up some good questions.

Compare its approach to how police forces around the world have typically handled similar events. From Paris to Toronto to just about Anywhere USA, the police are quick to inform the public about what has transpired and about key information about the perpetrator or perpetrators. Little, if anything, is hidden.

So what’s the problem here?

From the outset the RCMP right up to Commissioner Brenda Lucki seems determined to stall for time and control the narrative of this story. They have forced the media to go to court to find out what was in the applications for search warrants executed after the shootings. The law states that such information should be readily available to the public.

Source: Halifax Examiner

This is the site that broke the story on the maniac’s neighbor that warned the RCMP about he was beating his domestic partner and had a cache of illegal weapons.  I hope the writer continues to push for the truth, we all make mistakes and the only way to move forward is to learn from them, not hide them from scrutiny.