Quick question: if they get a warrant to search his computers on weapons-related charges, and they find CP, that CP is admissible evidence in court for CP charges, right?
Here's to hoping that the mounties have their ducks in a row for going on a fishing expedition for JY's computing devices.
No. In Canada, they'd have to get another warrant to seize his tech and search it for the CP and THEN file CP charges.
So, for those not understanding why the RCMP would be camped out so long, I'll break it down.
John's stungun is illegal in Canada. Because the Langley detachment members not only knew he had it, but gave him advise on how to use it to circumvent the law, they can't be trusted to execute their duties in relation to John. This necessitates bringing in the boys from up the road. They would toss the apartment to find the stungun, but since recovering from a room and not from a person, they can't prove who actually had it.
Now, the RCMP could TECHNICALLY just search the internet for an archive to present as evidence, but then he'd only go down for possession. However, they likely got a warrant to search his computers to check his internet history to trace where he purchased the stungun from. If the RCMP are also seeking evidence regarding something else like CP, they would have to petition the courts for a separate warrant to seize his computers and search them for CP.
If I were to speculate, they're using the search warrant relating to the stungun as a cover to look for other stuff. The longer it takes them to fail to find any prohibited weapons, and his prior ownership of pepper spray justifies a thorough search of the apartment to find any OTHER weapons besides the stungun he showed off, the longer they have to hold the apartment and look for other stuff.
Same thing applies to drugs or evidence for any other sort of charges. So, if in the process of searching his apartment for weapons they find a bag of pills in his dresser, they have to leave it in place and explain in an application for a warrant that in the process of serving a different warrant they found drugs. IF that warrant is then issued they could seize the drugs and file charges with the crown.
If, in trying to trace the purchase of his stungun through his internet history they discovered CP or anything else illegal, they technically can't remove those files from his computer until they have a warrant to do so as those files are technically his property. They also can't hold his computer full of illegal files while waiting for a warrant. So, raiding his computer for a copy of the video showing him brandishing the stungun gives them an excuse to dig through the rest of the hard drive, and doing it on site while also executing another search warrant enables them to prevent John from deleting any illegal files before the RCMP can get a warrant for their seizure. This would be why they didn't just scoop his computers and search for what they want in their office.
The take away from all of this is that Canadian laws cuck everyone who isn't a criminal. You're not allowed to use force to protect yourself, nor can you possess functional weapons except for hunting or competition shooting, and competition weapons must be stored at a gun range. The police also can do very little about crime without jumping through a fuck ton of hoops to prove to the courts that a crime has actually occurred unless they witnessed it themselves. Basically, the executive branch of the federal government holds all the cards, and the only real way to improve police effectiveness is to increase manpower, which increases taxes.
Canada as a nation should probably have a thread tbh.
I've noticed that normies and the local media are slow or unresponsive when it comes to being aware of Yaniv's misadventures. Has anyone considered letting local media outlets know about this? Maybe they could send a van out and we could see news footage from the scene.
Canadian media shuns the "live action" news style of the US, and really tries to avoid talking about anything happening in Canada. Saturday evening we had a mass-shooting at a club in Toronto and it's hardly been spoken about.
Last summer there was a bombing at a child's birthday party somewhere in Ontario, and the bombers fled the scene and successfully avoided being ID'd. Other than the initial reports, which weren't front page news, there's never been any follow up, and there never will be.
