Lawyers Advise Toronto Police to Arrest Dick Cheney “as a Person Suspected of Authorizing Torture

[Ichingcarpenter]

Sunday, October 27, 2013
Toronto Chief of Police
William (Bill) Blair
[e-mail]
Attorney General of Ontario John Gerretsen,


Dear Toronto Chief of Police William Blair and Attorney General John Gerretsen;

Re: Duty to arrest Richard Cheney as a person suspected on reasonable grounds of authorizing, counseling, aiding, abetting and failing to prevent torture.

Richard Cheney, former Vice President of the United States of America is scheduled to speak in Toronto Ontario on 31 October 2013 at the Toronto Global Forum, hosted by the International Economic Forum of the Americas at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Once Richard (Dick) Cheney enters Canada:

• All of the torture alleged against and admitted by Dick Cheney, is deemed to have taken place in Canada, pursuant to (s. 7(3.7) of the Criminal Code of Canada (CC);
• criminal proceedings can be commenced against him in Toronto Ontario BC (CC, s. 7(5);
• Canada must ensure that Dick Cheney is either investigated and prosecuted for the indictable offence of torture in Canada or extradited to another country willing and able to do so (Convention against Torture, Art. 7);
• Toronto Police Service (TPS) officers are duty bound to arrest and detain Dick Cheney for investigation on suspicion of torture as part of Canada’s mandatory legal obligation to prevent and
punish torture globally;
• TPS officers are duty bound to arrest Dick Cheney to ensure the proper conduct of his investigation and prosecution for torture in Canada or his extradition to a country willing and able to prosecute;
• TPS officers are duty bound to arrest Dick Cheney to prevent him from escaping to the United States or some other jurisdiction where he will have ‘safe haven’ from prosecution for torture;
• the arrest of Dick Cheney can be carried out without warrant in advance of the commencement of criminal proceedings in Canada.

As you are aware, the common law duty of police officers including TPS officers to investigate and prevent crimes such as torture, have been enacted by statute. TPS officers also have a mandatory duty to prevent offences against the administration of justice such as enabling a torture suspect (in this case a person who has admitted to authorizing and failing to prevent torture) to escape prosecution.

The duty to investigate and prevent torture also arises from the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Program (War Crimes Program), established to meet the challenge of investigating crimes committed outside Canadian territory. The mandate of the War Crimes Program is to “…support Canada’s policy to deny safe haven to suspected perpetrators of [torture]… and to contribute to the domestic and international fight against impunity.” 1

The Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section has received and is reviewing a request from Lawyers against the War to ensure that Dick Cheney, if he enters Canada, is prosecuted for torture.

MORE: It even gives what laws were broken and proof

http://www.globalresearch.ca/lawyers-advise-toronto-police-chief-to-arrest-dick-cheney-as-a-person-suspected-of-authorizing-and-abetting-torture/5355957?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawyers-advise-toronto-police-chief-to-arrest-dick-cheney-as-a-person-suspected-of-authorizing-and-abetting-torture

[brooklynite]

1. Name a statutory instance of torture alleged against and admitted to by Dick Cheney

The Vice President has no authority with respect to the CIA or the military. The fact that he advocates the practice does not constitute a violation of the law.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Evidence of Complicity in Torture

Evidence of Complicity in Torture

Evidence of Dick Cheney’s complicity in the widespread use of torture by the United States is well documented and widely available and Dick Cheney has publicly admitted to authorizing the use of
torture. For a review of some of the evidence we refer you to LAW’s letters of 30 September and 17 October 2013 or go to www.lawyersagaintthewar.org. These letters contain accurate summaries of the law and references to evidence of the widespread use of torture under the authorization and direction of Dick Cheney and other high-ranking members of the administration of G.W. Bush.

The words of Maj. General Antonio M. Taguba, author of the U.S. Army’s 2004 internal report on Abu Ghraib, have been echoed by many scholars, “… the Commander-in-Chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture….

After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts, and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current [Bush] administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”4


examples on highlighted in this paragraph as are canadian laws.

This is about Canadian Law not US law.

[Wilms]

4. I read the same thing on NeoCon Underground. n/t

[polichick]

3. Red Rover, Red Rover, send Cheney on over!

[NuclearDem]

5. Ya know, if you guys want to rendition him...

I mean, I'm not saying you should show up in the middle of the night and run him off to a Canadian prison, but you know, if you wanted to...

Sid? Scott? Ugly Bob? Anyone?

[Tigress DEM]

6. It would be great to see this happen. More likely Dick will decline his speaker invite. nt

BUT if Canada can, than many other nations might install similar provisions.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. I don't see it happening but maybe he will

Cancel again.


This kind of stuff happens every time the whole Bush Cabal gang tries to go to another country even friendly countries like western europe, canada, australia etc. They cancel most of time.





It gets in the news and people protest their presence in their country.
The world thinks that they are war criminals. I like that the pressure isn't let up.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. "More likely Dick will decline his speaker invite" ... See Post #8. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. That link was my post

and it was from last year he ran away which I thought was funny about scary Canada so I posted it yesterday., this is a new speaking tour he's doing.


But I agree he's a coward and might back out again as his 5 deferments showed during the Vietnam War.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. Thanks for the clarification, Iching... I didn't notice the date on your

referenced link. However, I suspect he declined to visit that time for the same reason he'll skip Toronto for the balance of his miserable life.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

8. Now we know why he though Toronto was too dangerous...

because of the threat of violent protests:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023936524

“He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too high,” said Ryan Ruppert, president of promotions company Spectre Live Corp., which had booked Mr. Cheney for an April 24 appearance at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

“They specifically referenced what happened in Vancouver,” Mr, Ruppert added.

As much schadenfreude as I exude at Darth Vader's imprisonment in his own country, I would much prefer Toronto or those famously violent Canadian protests or imprisonment in an actual prison to be the fate of that piece of shit.

[kydo]

15. I'm surprised he even included Canada on is "no heart tour"

I bet some under paid assistant booked the stop, then cheney saw it this week and said "Oh shit didn't this fool know Canada is one of the countries that has a warrant out for my arrest. Fire that kid, loser. Oh and cancel the Canada trip make press statement that says it's to violent there, too many mooses and sometimes charges cars. Wait ditch the moose reference might not be crazy enough to be believed."

[dotymed]

10. Cheney, bush,Rice, the whole cabal,

should have been prosecuted in America or the Hague.

I hope that Canada will prosecute him. This will reflect poorly on Obama because "looking forward" was always a bullshit excuse.

When a murder by an average American is committed, we don't "look forward." We prosecute the person for the murder they committed. It necessarily has to have been done in the past.

[former9thward]

13. Despite repeated posts there are no arrest warrants against Bush, Cheney, Rice, etc.

No government or legal authority has ever issued warrants or made charges against them. What is posted in the OP has as much legal affect as anyone on DU writing the same things.

[hack89]

14. Canada is not stupid.

they will not arrest Cheney.