RCMP are Thieves

Without due process, Canadian police become no better than armed criminal gangs

look in the mirror, people. have you no shame?

Last week, the RCMP announced that in 2024 it seized $56 million dollars from defunct cryptocurrency exchange TradeOgre.

For those with assets on the exchange, for more than a year, all they knew was that the exchange went down and their money was gone. Now, a year later, they learn that the RCMP seized their assets without any due process, and no respect for “innocent until proven guilty”, the foundation of our justice system in the West.

Imagine you woke up in the morning and your car was not in the driveway. A year goes by. The RCMP puts out a press release saying they seized your car. What would you think?

That’s exactly what’s happened here.

Now, it’s true that TradeOgre was operating a non-KYC exchange, and that some of its customers were criminals—but some of the people who drive on our roads are criminals, and some of the people who use physical cash are criminals. That alone does not justify shutting down public roads, etc.

The job of a police agency like the RCMP is to protect society from crimes of violence and crimes against property.

In this case, by failing to respect the property rights they are sworn to defend, the RCMP becomes nothing better than criminals themselves.

As media outlet TheRage wrote:

The Canadian police hereby effectively reverses the burden of proof: to get their money back, TradeOgre customers will likely have to prove to authorities that their money did not stem from illegal activities, instead of authorities proving that it did – a process that is not just immensely costly and lengthy, but arguably undemocratic.

Canadians should be disgusted and ashamed of the RCMP. This action makes them no better than an armed criminal gang or the mafia.