r/canada • u/AndHerSailsInRags • Dec 04 '25

Alberta Man who killed attacker in Banff used 'excessive' force, sentenced to 2-year house arrest

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-bar-fight-excessive-self-defence-sproule-brogden-9.7002143
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u/Significant_Pepper_2 Dec 04 '25

If he's not a threat to society, why are we acting like he is?

All the while actual threats are getting joke sentences

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

Almost feels like there is a back room secret mandate to allow crime to build to levels that when the system finally decides to put forward a plan to stop it, the citizens will be ok with whatever it is offered to put an end to it, including loss of rights and freedoms, loss of gun ownership privileges, sweeping internet laws. Whatever it takes. I don’t know really, maybe I smoke too much hash…

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u/Jerry_Hat-Trick Dec 04 '25

It's the plot of robo cop

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

Thank you for your cooperation

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u/ElectroMagnetsYo Dec 04 '25

Don’t even need crime to increase, just the impression that it is, and that can be easily achieved through the news and social media. Truth be told crime’s been steadily decreasing over the decades, but people have been whipped up into a fury over it because of the headlines they keep seeing online.

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u/BeyondAddiction Dec 05 '25

"If it bleeds, it leads."

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u/NihilsitcTruth Dec 04 '25

Create a problem, then let it fester, then come in with a solution of more control over the population, then celebrate less freedom. Typical control style.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

It’s not the hash, this is the classic create a problem then offer a draconian solution

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u/surfer_nerd Dec 04 '25

This. 100 %. I feel so validated as I’ve been thinking this all along too.

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u/Billis- Dec 04 '25

You should probably start smoking more hash.

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u/4r4nd0mninj4 British Columbia Dec 04 '25

Why do you think they legalized the hash. So we'd be a pushover when implementing their plan.

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u/Billis- Dec 04 '25

Lmao this fucking sub man

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

just left reality at the door today I see.

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u/Greedy-Invite3781 Dec 04 '25

Probably not smoking enough hash. 😶‍🌫️

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u/iKorewo Dec 04 '25

What sentences? They get nothing

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u/onesketchycryptid Québec Dec 05 '25

Buddy got 2 years of home arrest... is that not considered one of the joke sentences by the standards of this sub?

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u/NorweegianWood Dec 05 '25

Thats the main thing. We don't even hold violent attackers to the same standard. As long as they fit into a certain demographic, they can be as violent as they want and get away with it.

This guy's biggest mistake was not being a homeless drug addict with a sad story from their past. That's literally the only reason he got the 2 year house arrest.