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Tom Engel

@tomengel7.bsky.social

Lawyer (criminal defence, civil rights), Past President Canadian Prison Law Association, Chair Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association's Policing Committee, North River Ranger, Lead Vocals UC Law Gastroelectric Kazoo Band

206 Followers  |  26 Following  |  1,079 Posts  |  Joined: 07.12.2024  |  1.9365

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2. ... Impossible the people were given enough time to keep possession of their belongings.

Obviously, the UCP/EPS/CITY strategy is an huge failure. Please don't vote for any candidate for city council who approves it.
#Police #Homeless #yegcc

15.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. I drove by the @HopeMission today at about 10:10 AM & saw an Edmonton Police Service/City of Edmonton encampment blitzkrieg in progress. Lots of cops & a garbage truck. About 10 structures. On way back at about 10:10 I planned to photograph. Too late, nothing/no one left. ...

15.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜I am the only one that mattersโ€™: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit Self-styled worldโ€™s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni โ€˜beautifulโ€™ and ErdoฤŸan a โ€˜friendโ€™, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders

If only world leaders could say the truth about what they think of Trump

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.10.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Calgary Firefighters Association wants โ€˜immediate consequencesโ€™ for speeders The Calgary Firefighters Association wants to see stronger consequences for drivers caught speeding excessively, particularly on Stoney Trail.

The association argues that in โ€œevery other province in Canada,โ€ law enforcement has the power to either immediately impound a vehicle and/or suspend the licence of a driver caught speeding excessively.

Alberta should have done this ages ago.
#abpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

15.10.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

r/alberta took this down as not being Alberta-related enough, further confirming the extent to which reddit in AB is governed by cops. Please share with anyone confused about Chief Neufeldโ€™s resignation.

14.10.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump administration carries out lethal strike in Caribbean, killing six Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.

Trump: โ€œWhat they do very well is they send their criminals into the United States, and they send Tren de Aragua.โ€

Following Trumpโ€™s rationale, why doesn't he summarily execute them on USA soil, instead of arresting them?

#ExtraJudicialKilling #Murder

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

14.10.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mapping the rise in Israeli settler attacks across the occupied West Bank With more than 1,000 settler attacks in the first eight months, 2025 is on track to become the most violent year yet.

If Trump expects lasting peace, he must stop ignoring this and put an end to this long-term source of Palestinian anger and revenge.
#Palestine

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

14.10.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee MAGAโ€™s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canadaโ€™s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

13.10.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Who are the Palestinian captives Israel released? Israel is releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinians, political prisoners and detainees. Here's a look at who they are.

If this is accurate, doesn't that mean Israel has kidnapped & held hostage 100s or 1000s of Palestinians & tortured many of them?

aje.io/frw6q6

13.10.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Guarding Democracy, Not Kings
YouTube video by NowThis Impact Guarding Democracy, Not Kings

Remember when he said this?

Don't forget it:

youtube.com/shorts/tmH7c...

13.10.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 187    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

We are so close to our goal. Please, look up your closest petition signing location on this website and take a minute to add your name to the list of proud Canadians.

Our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are at 68 locations across Alberta. Find them here:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

13.10.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 200    ๐Ÿ” 144    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Never change Portland. Protestor in a Darth Vader helmet, and a kilt, playing the bagpipes while riding a unicycle.

13.10.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Notice the Don't Tread On Me sign?

13.10.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do now, thanks.

13.10.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NEW ๐Ÿ“€ For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield -4K- {Stereo} 1966
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine NEW ๐Ÿ“€ For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield -4K- {Stereo} 1966

For What It's Worth, 60 years later, this is a perfect warning song for what's going on in the USA. So, please, "everybody look what's going on".
#Trump #MAGA #RuleOfLaw

youtu.be/YVhn1edWaDA?...

13.10.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Listen to this interview with Tim Cartmell. He supported party politics and big money in municipal politics. He gets big corporate money, far more than any other candidate. Then he interprets obvious questions about whether he will be influenced by big money as an accusation that he is corrupt.

10.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Whatโ€™s with the Alberta post-secondary funding panelโ€™s detour into anti-DEI crusading?ย  - Alberta Politics The report of the so-called Expert Panel on Post-Secondary Institution Funding and Albertaโ€™s Competitiveness released last week calls for the government to stop telling universities, colleges and tech...

Whatโ€™s with the Alberta post-secondary funding panelโ€™s detour into anti-DEI crusading? albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/what...

13.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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yegwave on Instagram: "According to the person who recorded, the man said he hit the ditch after swerving to avoid a porcupine. When EPS arrived, the videโ€ฆ" According to the person who recorded, the man said he hit the ditch after swerving to avoid a porcupine. When EPS arrived, the video begins. This occured on Winterburn Rd & Yellowhead Rd.The witness says an officer later parked in front of their car and told them to leave if they werenโ€™t involved, and they drove off.(๐ŸŽฅ: Submitted)View all 1,035 comments

Edmonton Police Service will claim the audio/video doesn't tell the whole story.
#Police #PoliceBrutality

www.instagram.com/reel/DPpuBxO...

11.10.2025 04:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded for second time in four months Jeffrey Rath represents the Alberta Prosperity Project and was reprimanded on Friday for his role in a near-decade old legal case.

โ€œA leader of the Alberta separatist movement has been reprimanded by the Law Society of Alberta for a second time in four months, after he admitted to twice breaching professional standards.โ€

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

11.10.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 215    ๐Ÿ” 99    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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On this beautiful fall Friday evening of a long weekend, we encountered this guy riding his ear-splitting, backfiring motorcycle at 114 St & Belgravia Rd, who, justifiably, knows the Edmonton Police Service will do NOTHING about it. It will happen all Thanksgiving Weekend.
#Police #NoisePollution

11.10.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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21-year-old died in cell after guard failed to check on him after medical emergency, IIO report says | CBC News Tลilhqot'in First Nation member Surrance Myers died after collapsing in an RCMP holding cell in Williams Lake, B.C. and not being checked on for about two hours, an Independent Investigations Office r...

"The report also said (in BC) from 2019 to 2023, it was notified of 15 incidents in which detainees either died in police cells or were taken from cells to hospital where they died."
With @rcmpgrcpolice this is like a broken record across Canada.
#Police

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10.10.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#yegcc

10.10.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tonight, I am at the Edmonton Remand Centre collecting signatures for the Forever Canadian Petition. I have no idea what the turnout will be. ERC has placed posters in all the living units. So, keeping my fingers crossed. #ForeverCanadian #abpoli

10.10.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fewer drop-in spaces mean Edmonton's homeless have nowhere to go in the morning | CBC News Despite concerns about the impact on Edmonton's public spaces, it's a problem that "nobody seems to want to take ownership of."

This proves the Edmonton Police Service/Dale McFee/Warren Driechel/City of Edmonton/UCP Encampment & Navigation Centre strategy was nothing but a political fraud. Now that McFee is the UCP top civil servant, what will he do about it?
#yegcc #Homeless

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Combating homelessness: Where the candidates stand Most candidates for mayor and council said they want the city to build more supportive housing when asked Which action would you be most likely to advocate for on homelessness on Taproot's candidate s...

"Mayoral candidate and Better Edmonton leader Tim Cartmell, and mayoral candidate Paul Bakhmut, both said they didnโ€™t have a position on the issue. Council candidates Jason Bale and Michael Elliott said the same."

Nice.

#yegcc #Homeless

edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/...

09.10.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Danielle Smith says Prime Minister Carney speaking Trump's 'love language' | CBC News Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is lauding Prime Minister Mark Carney's ability to speak the language of U.S. President Donald Trump. Smith said Trump prefers to hear about what Canada can offer to hel...

"That is the love language of Donald Trump, and I'm beginning to see that Prime Minister Carney is speaking in those terms," said Smith.

The difference is Carney is holding his nose, the opposite of Smith.
#cdnpolitics

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

09.10.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: What are Trumpโ€™s credentials, and can he win? With the Gaza ceasefire deal, Trump claims to have helped broker peace in eight wars. Do his assertions hold up?

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

09.10.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yes, leave it to that league genius, Kristi Noem

09.10.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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