Ok, so I’ve been silent for a while, but this caught my attention. OPP head (and former police chief of London Ontario where he did great work, and Toronto Ontario where he did better work and still would be if Pinko commie no one actually voted for David Miller hadn’t fired him) Julian Fantino is getting flak for “threatening comments” directed at Shawn Brant in a released wire tapped conversation they had during the 401 blockade last year.
So here’s the situation. A Blond haired hard done by “native” manages to get a small MINORITY of the memebers of the First Nations outside Deseronto to blockade the VIA rail line and the 401. Commissioner Fantino calls him up. What follows will be some exerpts from that conversation, followed by my commentary.
Julian Fantino: Commissioner Fantino calling how are ya
Shawn Brant: Hey Mister Fantino I’m fine how are you
Julian Fantino: I’m fine thank you Shawn we all wanna go to bed and call this quits so
what’s it gonna take to get ya to back off and and and and and work this issue through in
a way that we don’t have a potential for disaster
Shawn Brant: Well uh unfortunately um ya know and and I I know Chris knows but uh
um ya know I uh I I don’t really uh have uh the ability to speak uh for everybody um ya
know on uh
So, quite clearly a born leader. Natural speaker, wonderful head on his shoulders. Four times they have pretty much the same exchange as what follows
Julian Fantino: Can we call it quits
Shawn Brant: Well I’ll tell ya what I uh I’d uh like to do I’d uh um I’m gonna grab a couple hours sleep and uh right now I’m I’m uh ya know my head’s a little uh I’ve been up for (inaudible) and I know you guys have been for a couple days and uh and uh I’ll tell ya what I will do is uh in the uh um in the morning uh I will uh I’ll uh broker your suggestion and uh and we’ll uh we’ll talk about it
Julian Fantino: Shawn (inaudible) can can I can I uh implore upon ya to do it now Shawn you can’t allow this to go on there’s there’s tens of thousands of people that are being fully inconvenienced here you’ve made your your point it’s on national television everybody’s talking about it uh you have been a star uh all day long ya ya you’ve got your your your uh your sound bites I mean Shawn there’s no advantage for ya to continue this there there’s all you’re gonna do is tear away uh whatever gains you’ve made an whatever uh whatever issues you’ve articulated we we understand about the poverty the deprivation the the the children’s suicide we know all of that nobody’s arguing with you on this
And here it comes, the terrible threat
Shawn Brant: Yeah
Julian Fantino: So I’ve talked to enough people now including a lot of people in in First Nations community they they are running for the hills because you’re you’re bringing them down you’re bringing them down the all the gains that that you’ve made over the years uh and and now the struggle is is starting to have some effect uh you’re destroying that because the message now is gone is gone from a cause to a vengeance a vindictive uh Shawn Brant is is is gonna bring Canada to it’s knees well you’re not gonna do it and and you’re gonna be hated for it and and your cause you can speak about children committing suicide all you want nobody is gonna listen to you because you’ve got no more credibility if you keep this up
Shawn Brant: Yeah
Julian Fantino: And you know what I don’t wanna I don’t wanna get on your bad side but you’re gonna force me to do everything I can within your community and everywhere else to destroy your reputation
Shawn Brant: Yeah
Julian Fantino: I don’t wanna do that I wanna help you deal with the suicides and whatever I’ve travelled to to uh to reserves uh I I know exactly what you’re talking about I’ve seen it I’ve been to Kashechewan and and some of these other places I’ve been there I’ve been involved in
Shawn Brant: Yeah
Yeah. Yeah. He seems real threatened at the time. Following this exchange Fantino again pleads with Brant to call off the blockade and then agrees to talk to him again shortly. Where’s the issue? Seriously. The NDP wants Fantino to resign over this? Brant agreed that what he was doing was bringing his own people down. You read it. He said “yeah:” what a way with words by the way, did I mention that? Can’t the NDP ride their bikes down to the reserve and fix all the problems instead of getting in the top cop’s ass for doing his job? That’s it, nothing more to say.