kind of thought he deserved an award for this amazing disguise he put together tho no?

for anyone stumbling across this thread @brishti.bsky.social covered the case accurately for @pressprogress.ca:

pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

17000 people have died, there have been a number of nonfatal overdoses that we will never be able to capture linked to many forms of social harm, and a public emergency that has lasted nearly ten years now. We deserve better than what has been normalized & deemed acceptable in stories like this.

may seem fair cuz our standards are low—Judge specifically called out backbenchers who contribute to outcry & Global uncritically airs a new conspiracy from the same MLA; using unfounded drug panic terms, like "hard drugs;" implying that there was BCNDP support but they didn't show up? All in 2 mins

Full article is up.

“There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.”

Read more at @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

Judge: “The troubling thing about this prosecution is that everyone knew what was happening… It seems like these two [gestures to defendants Nyx and Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD—which before was fine—suddenly is not fine.”

glad that this story is being read & recognized Euan, thank you for shining a light 🙏🏽

without seeing the presser this post is v Rob Shaw coded lol