It's the 140th anniversary of the creation of the northwest mounted police, who later became the rcmp. Iconic symbols of canada, their image adorns many shitty souvenirs, from coffee mugs to postcards, and all kinds of garbage in between. Their racism and stupid sexist behaviour has been excused or dismissed by many, but the truth is the truth. Fuck 'em...
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Female RCMP officer sues for millions, alleges abuse, cruelty
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Another female RCMP officer has filed a lawsuit against the force alleging abuse. The officer, Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell, 52, filed the claim this week in Ontario Superior Court. The abuse, she alleges, took place in the 80s.
Sgt. O'Farrell was then in the traveling equestrian show, the RCMP Musical Ride. Her suit names 13 of the other officers she worked with and claims that during the years 1986 and '87 she was assaulted and abused.
Abuse, harassment, during Musical Ride tour
CTV News reports that the suit alleges she was "repeatedly subjected to a ritual known as horse-troughing - grabbed by the arms and legs, sprayed with cold water, then dragged face-down through riding school shavings mixed with manure and urine."
She also claims while sleeping on their traveling bus a male officer stuck his finger down his pants and out his zipper, feigning a penis, and rubbed it on her ear. As she continued to sleep another officer filmed the officer with the finger-penis. O'Farrell was shown the video, as were others, and she says she felt abused, as if the victim of a sexual assault.
When she made complaints, she claims the abuse intensified. There was minimal intervention from superior officers, no substantial punishment for the officers involved and the abuse did not let up for the duration of her time in the musical ride. She believes she was subjected to abuses because she is female and alleges the events negatively impacted a marriage, stalled her RCMP career and continue to haunt her.
These are the defendants named in Staff Sgt. O'Farrell's suit: The Attorney General of Canada, Kevin Baillie, Gary Beam, Sylvain Berthiaume, Luc Boivin, Greg Chiarot, Francois Duguay, Marc Godue, Mike Herchuk, Cory Hoehn, David Kopp, Christine Mackie Windover, Gerry Ogilvie and Michael Roblee.
Other female members of the RCMP to allege abuse at the hands of her colleagues include B.C. corporal, Catherine Galliford. Staff Sgt. O'Farrell's suit is seeking over $8 million in damages.
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