Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was given a commendation in February of this year, four years into his job there.
In the video WIlson was given the commendation “in recognition of outstanding police work while investigating a suspicious vehicle call.”
Wilson arrested drug dealer Christopher Brooks who threatened him and slapped at him before he was subdued by Wilson.
Today Yahoo.com used convicted drug dealer Christopher Brooks as their source to bash Officer Darren Wilson.
Drug dealer Brooks said he was roughed up during his arrest – when he threatened and slapped at Wilson.
A suspected drug dealer alleges that the Ferguson, Mo., policeman who killed Michael Brown used excessive force against him last year in an arrest that earned him commendation from the police department, the man’s attorney told Yahoo News.
Officer Darren Wilson arrested Christopher Brooks on Feb. 28, 2013, after catching him and another man allegedly packaging marijuana to sell while sitting in a car in Brooks’ grandmother’s driveway.
Yahoo News obtained the full police report from Brooks’ lawyer, Nick Zotos, after the Ferguson department refused to release an un-redacted version.
According to the report, the men exited the car but Brooks wouldn’t give up his keys so the officer could search the locked PT Cruiser.
“Brooks slapped my hand away,” Wilson wrote. “Brooks was consistently yelling for his cousin, who was now on the front porch, to help him and asking him to ‘get me.’ ”
The officer took control of Brooks’ wrist and arm, but he “was resisting all control and refused to follow all commands given,” Wilson wrote. The officer called for backup because he said the situation was “growing increasing hostile.”
“The officer was physical with him, roughed him up,” Zotos told Yahoo News. “[Brooks] would not consent to a search of his vehicle, so [Wilson] forcibly took his keys from him.”
They’ve stooped to so low that they are publishing the testimony of a convicted drug dealer to discredit Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson.
My associate Allan Meyer and I thought we would take a closer look at Canadian dividend growers using our investment philosophy focused on safety and value.
We screened for dividend growth by looking at Canadian-listed equities with a five-year compound annual dividend growth rate of 15 per cent or better. The list is sorted from highest to lowest on this metric.
We narrowed the list down further by limiting it to companies with a market capitalization of $1-billion or more. We view market capitalization as a safety factor as larger companies tend to offer investors more stability and liquidity.
We also looked at debt-to-equity as a safety factor. A lower ratio is preferred and a number of 100 or less implies a company has enough equity to pay off its debts. As Allan and I like to tell clients: “It’s difficult to go bankrupt when you have little or no debt obligations.”
Then, we looked at dividend yield, the projected annualized dividend divided by the share price. All companies on the list are expected to pay a dividend over the next year. Allan and I are value investors (or maybe we’re just “cheap”); we’re always scouring the investment world for a “deal” or “bargain.” The price-to-earnings ratio is the share price divided by the projected earnings per share. It is a valuation metric, the lower the number, the better the value.
Earnings momentum is the change in annualized earnings over the last quarter. A higher number is better. Positive earnings momentum over the long term should translate to share price appreciation and dividend growth.
Canadian Tire Corp. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. score well across the board for safety and value. Suncor Energy Inc. also looks interesting but it’s a little more expensive than the two names above. Enbridge Inc. is the highest yielding name on the list and looks good on most measures, but the debt levels are a tad on the high side. Debt-to-equity on Dollarama Inc. is “n/a” because the value of equity (assets minus liabilities) is negative.
Robert Kaplan, the Trudeau-era cabinet minister who ushered in Canada's security intelligence service, has died at 75.
As Canada's solicitor-general in the early 1980s, Mr. Kaplan oversaw the birth of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which was established by an act of Parliament in 1984, following a commission of inquiry into the functioning of the RCMP's security service.
"I knew Bob well – we served together in the House when I was first elected in 1978. He was a real gentleman – thoughtful, intelligent – who cared a lot about policy and ideas," Mr. Rae said in an e-mail Monday evening.
"[He] shepherded the CSIS legislation skilfully. I saw him a couple of months ago when he was frail – the cancer had hit his brain, but he remained brave and positive, giving very thoughtful advice. I shall miss him."
Former Progressive Conservative MP Ron Atkey was the first chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, the body set up to monitor CSIS' activities. He said he knew Mr. Kaplan as a well-spoken politician who was keen to see the new security and intelligence regime succeed.
"He regarded the system as his baby. He was happy to see that it worked reasonably well," Mr. Atkey said Monday.
He said Mr. Kaplan continued to keep a close eye on the service after former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau's government was defeated by Brian Mulroney in 1984.
"Even though I was not a political supporter of [Mr. Kaplan's], because I'm a Conservative and he was a Liberal, I found him a very decent guy, a very capable fellow and well-respected," Mr. Atkey said. "He was such a decent guy that he probably wouldn't have survived very well in today's House [of Commons]."
Mr. Kaplan served as MP for the Toronto riding of Don Valley from 1968 until 1972 and represented York Centre from 1974 until 1993.
He wrote on security and intelligence issues and co-wrote a book on bicycling in Toronto with his wife, Estherelke Kaplan, in 1972.