Talk:Mayerthorpe incident
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[edit] Current event?
As the trials of the two newly accused have just begun, perhaps this should be tagged as a current event?--Pyg 19:55, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether Rochfort Bridge massacre is the right thing to call this. I don't think anybody has settled on a name yet, though, since it just happened yesterday. We'll have to think about renaming it in future if the media settles on a name. --Saforrest 00:50, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Yes, i definately agree. I had never heard this name before just now. Wikipedia shouldn't be inventing names for things. Is there as suggestion of a better name? -- Fudoreaper 23:49, 2005 Mar 30 (UTC)
In all the media reports that I've read, I think the most common way was to refer to it as the 'Mayerthorpe Incident', this is the only place I have ever seen that mentions Rochfort Bridge. -- Kylar, 13:27, 2005 Aug 3 (PDT)
Should it be mentioned that critics have pointed out that had they (the Constables in question) practiced dispersion, they would have been less likely to have all been destroyed by a single burst?
Also, the weapon in used by the perp was a carbine OR a rifle, not a "carbine rifle". A carbine is a weapon like a rifle but with a short barrel. The most appropriate term here, I think, is "automatic rifle" or "assault carbine". "Rapid-fire" can be left out, and "auto" should be changed to "automatic".
The cops weren't there for the grow op, they were initially there to reposess a truck. I think it would be pertinent to mention this since the mounties were called in to keep the peace while the bailiff seized the truck; and since the marijuanna was not known until after they had broken in to seize the truck and discovered the marijuanna. Also, I believe it technically happened in Rochfort.
Press universally calls this the Mayerthorpe Incident - Google gives 748 hits on this name; I've moved the content there as well as this discussion. Oddly enough, Google gives twice as many hits on Rochfort Bridge Massacre, but only because it is on Wikipedia and copied directly by Answer.com's bots onto other sites. The press universally calls it Mayerthorpe Incident.Michael Dorosh 10:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Largest loss since 1962
The article as written is nonsensical. It says it is the biggest loss to RCMP since 1962, when three officers were killed. But obviously it was bigger than that one too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.154.211.216 (talk) 07:50, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
- The CBC documentary that is cited as a source in this document claims that this is the worst incident of RCMP deaths in 100 years. — A lizard (talk) 06:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Uncited sources on pot
This article needs more sources about the legalization of marijuana. The "aftermath" section is a dog's breakfast of opinionated statements and unsourced statements about how anti-marijuana elements in government supposedly seized upon this incident as an opportunity to stop the drive to legalize pot and how so many pro-marijuana advocates said that this incident never would have happened if pot was legal in Canada. First, at least name some people who said something. Better yet, cite a source and include an actual quote from somebody who linked the marijuana legalization debate to this incident. I would be very surprised to hear if any of this actually happened in the mainstream press or even if it was extensively discussed outside the pot-smoking community. — A lizard (talk) 06:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
