I had resisted Blogging about this, because I felt like my little insignificant Blog would not make much of a dent.
But here it is:
Scott Loper, a U.S. citizen living in Canada, was a good cop, highly trained in surveillance and criminal investigation.
On the verge of exposing a police-run narcotics ring in Durham, Ontario, Loper was discovered by the ring and imprisoned for four years on trumped-up charges. There, he was tortured to the point where he often questioned his ability to make it out alive.
Those he had been about to expose were after the evidence – audio and video recordings Loper had made of their illegal operations. They also wanted him to keep quiet.
The Canadian government originally said the whole thing, including Loper’s arrest, never happened, denying that Loper had ever lived in Canada, let alone been incarcerated there.
Had Loper been unable to produce evidence of his imprisonment, the denial would have succeeded. Loper had that evidence, which he had stuffed into his jeans as he was being released.
Caught in their lie, the Canadians want the whole ordeal swept under the rug. The U.S. government, rather than protecting its citizen, is complying with the cover-up.
Now free, and living in the United States, Scott Loper’s main goals are involved with putting his life back in order and more importantly, to find his son Eddy, now 11 years old. Scott has not seen or heard from his wife and son since his arrest.
Article 36 of the Vienna Convention, signed by 164 nations in 1967, states that those nations are bound to notify foreign nationals, when arrested, of their right to contact their embassy or consulate, allowing that embassy or consulate to assure that citizen is treated properly.
The Canadian government says Scott Loper waived those rights. However, they could produce no document as proof of this statement. The reason, says Loper, is that no such signed document ever existed.
In an attempt to prove their lie, the Canadians finally came up with an unsigned document that holds absolutely no credibility. To add to the absurdity, the document is dated three years after Loper was arrested. Hardly the requirement of notice "without delay" as described by Article 36.
The ongoing series of articles on the right are written by World Net Daily staff writer Bob Unruh. They contain an amazing story of U.S. officials and Congressional representatives going to bat for Scott Loper, only to turn tail when the going got rough.
The Canadian government does not want this story to be told. The U.S. government seems happy to oblige.
There is a larger issue here that affects the safety and well-being of every U.S. citizen who ventures into another country. If the U.S. Government is unwilling to expect its neighbor to the north to comply with the Vienna Convention, what protection can we expect from our government when our rights are violated by other, less friendly countries.
The only resolution here is to force our government to do what it is supposed to do; to protect its citizens. In the case of Scott Loper, the U.S. needs to demand of the Canadian government the admission of illegal imprisonment and torture as well as compensation and help in locating his lost son.
You can read more about Scott Loper’s heart wrenching story, by going to his official website.
In the outside chance that the Media does pick this up, I do have Scott Loper’s contact information. If you need it, contact me at tpblogeditor at gmail. dot com and I will forward it to you. We need to put pressure on Washington DC and force them to get this straightened out, once and for all.