In Canada, Criminal Libel Charges Laid For Criticizing Police

BitterOak writes "A Calgary man is facing criminal charges of libel for criticizing police. According to the story, the RCMP have filed five charges against John Kelly for claiming on his website that Calgary police officers engaged in perjury, corruption, and obstruction of justice. What makes the story unusual is that the charges are criminal and not civil. Even in Canada, which has much less free speech protection than the United States, it is extremely rare for people to be charged criminally with libel. It is almost always matter for civil courts."

Comments

Really? KKK worthwhile?

[Auroch]

How about we let the audience decide that for themselves?

If we want to prove that our ideologies are indeed superior to those of the KKK, that can only be done on a fair and equal forum of debate

How does a man on fire, tied to a cross, surrounded by people who hate him, have a fair chance to speak? By the time the current discussion is over, I'm pretty sure he never wants to see the colour white again (and will be perpetually biased against the living).

Re:Really? KKK worthwhile?

[Auroch]

Yeah, that's not speech and you can't eliminate hatred by outlawing it.

Yeah, but you can encourage it's growth by talking/spreading it.

There are many ways to fight hate speech. In canada, we fight it by making hate speech illegal. we fight it by making it illegal to spread, we mock it with our TV programming, education system and comedians.

In the USA, dissenting voices are usually dealt with by a lynch mob (or some other draconian measure meted out by an arbitrary justice system with no remaining checks or balances). Oh, and glenn beck.