text: And who determines which of our citizens are behaving properly enough to have rights? You, perhaps? Duterte, maybe? Putin? Xi? Or maybe any self-appointed idiot with a gun who's decided he's divine?
  
  We have a criminal code that is under Canadian control that indicates when somebody's rights may be removed by the State and this code is applied by an independent judiciary - not any two-bit cop who's watched too many exciting John Wayne movies. 
  
  Do you understand the concept of civilian control of the police, or would you prefer it the other way 'round?