HA Pimps Attend Funeral Of Whalley Man Shot Dead In Edmonton
Greg Carr
has pic of biker criminals at funeral.
Bikers pay tribute to slain Hells Angels associate
Michael Robert Rieger, an Angels 'hang-around,' was killed last month
in a shooting outside an Edmonton nightclub
Kim Bolan
Vancouver Sun
Saturday, July 01, 2006
SURREY - Members of the Hells Angels paid tribute Friday to their
fallen comrade in Surrey as about 150 of them rode in formation on
their Harley-Davidson motorcycles to the funeral of Michael Robert
Rieger, who was gunned down in Edmonton last month.
Rieger, a 37-year-old hang-around of the Vancouver Chapter of the Hells
Angels, was in the Alberta capital for some annual drag races, when a
dispute in the bar spilled out into the street and ended in a shooting.
"He was a very personable guy and everybody liked him. He was what we
call a hang-around," Rick Ciarniello, the Hells Angels spokesman, said
in an interview.
Also at the funeral at Surrey's Valley View Memorial Gardens was Jamie
Yochlowitz, a 32-year-old who was also shot in Edmonton, but is
recovering.
"Yes he was there, albeit in a walker," Ciarniello said Friday.
Edmonton police continue to investigate. Ciarniello said others linked
to the club who were present when gunfire erupted did not get a look at
the shooter.
"Nobody saw anything that night. Those people were at the races in
Edmonton. In the evening, they were just at the bar," he said.
"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don't think that
this was a targeted person or anything."
Rieger, who owned a house in Whalley, died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Yochlowitz, who had some minor acting roles, was charged in 1999 with
manslaughter in connection with a drug-related murder in Vancouver.
That charge was later stayed and he was convicted of assault.
A young Vancouver woman also told a B.C. court that she had been
recruited into prostitution by Yochlowitz, who was convicted of the
offence in 1997, along with a man named Kevin Smith.
"I feel threatened because I know from experience and from observation
what Kevin, Jamie and their friends are capable of," the woman said in
a victim impact statement published in The Vancouver Sun. "They hurt
and scare people. I worry about what they might do to me, my family or
people I care about."
kbo...@png.canwest.com
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VIOLENCE PLAGUES CITY'S TOP POT SPOT
February 26, 1999
>From The Vancouver Province
provl...@pacpress.southam.ca
http://www.vancouverprovince.com/
By Lora Grindlay, Staff Reporter The Province
The badly beaten body of a 21-year-old lay tangled amongst trash in a
downtown Vancouver dumpster.
In life Allister Irvine Marselje had made a living by weighing, bagging
and delivering one-gram bags of marijuana to sellers at the Cross Town
Traffic Cafe at 314 W. Hastings St.
In death, Marselje was a frightening illustration of the violence
brewing on the short block where hemp and pot are celebrated,
advocated, sold and smoked.
West Hastings between Hamilton and Homer streets is a mecca to pot
smokers worldwide. People ranging from Texas lawyers to California
surfers make the trek, pay their money and, in numerous cafes in the
area, they sit down and get stoned.
Vancouver police Det. Rick Crook said that while investigating
Marselje's murder he was disturbed at the violence and turf war that
has followed the staggering amount of money being made by the trade in
B.C.'s most sought-after export.
Crook said the Cross Town Traffic Cafe sold three pounds of pot a day
last summer, bringing in over $10,000 a day on $10 one-gram bags.
"You kind of think of the pot trade as being peaceful and laid back.
This is the last group of people you would imagine to be involved in
this kind of violence," said Crook. "I want to make sure the street
starts helping out. If they want it to be this peaceful, fun-loving
place . . . then it has to have that violent element taken away."
(Marijuananews note: Two points. First he recognizes the peaceful
nature of the cannabis culture. He is too honest for reefer madness.
Second, he is calling for "the street", meaning the contraband cannabis
business, to participate in civil society. This is the essence of the
Dutch approach. "Yes, it is illegal, but until the law catches up with
reality, let's be smarter than the politicians.")
Marselje's body was discovered Dec. 5 by a dumpster diver picking
through bins behind the Cross Town Traffic Cafe.
A police raid on the cafe in November caused the then-owner to flee
and, one night, the business was vandalized and a new group took
control of the sales.
"That was a strong message," Crook said.
(Marijuananews note: Notice that the police action came first. That was
the wrong message.)
Marselje worked for the new regime.
Police allege Marselje was beaten in the back of the cafe after he
spoke about a contract on the life of a major player in the cafe's
pot business.
Whether the contract was real or just an empty threat, Marselje was
subjected to a ferocious beating and paid with his life.
On Feb. 5 three men were arrested for his murder. Charged with
second-degree murder is Alhaj Hadani. The 28-year-old is in custody.
Charged with manslaughter are Ross Living, 22, and Jamie Yochlowitz,
25. Both are on bail and all three accused appear in court Monday to
set a trial date.
Another man was arrested Tuesday in Hull, Que. Roger Jean Caron, 28, is
charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact. Vancouver
police officers have gone east to bring him here.
Crook, who won't speak specifically on Marselje's death because of
the pending trial, said the young man isn't the only casualty in the
battle for pot profits.
A group of about six men associated with the cafe, who call themselves
the House of Pain, regularly beat hard-drug users and others who they
don't feel belong in the area, he said.
Crook said 30 people have been badly beaten since October.
Mark Smith, a friend of Marselje's and a pot dealer who now runs a
private smoking club off a hallway in the cafe, said last year's
shift of power to "ruthless gangsters" dramatically altered the culture
in the area.
"This was a violence-free zone," said Smith, who pocketed $70,000 in
three months of pot sales last summer. "The vibe was good. It was a
beautiful place to be."
On a wall outside his club, called The Lounge, Smith had a friend paint
a waterfall in memory of Marselje. At the bottom of the picture, Smith
has painted: "The summer of '98 will be in my heart forever, beside
the memory of our fallen friend. We know you're safe now. Rest in
peace, my brother."
Smith defended the House of Pain, who he said policed the street when
the police wouldn't.
The House of Pain "were never a threat to us. They kept the junkies,
the crack heads and the dealers off our streets."
"They made it safe for people to be here. It was for the sake of the
block. Nobody was hurt down here for the hell of it or for fun."
Smith said "hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars"
are being made on the block, and as long as the cash is up for grabs
and the sale of pot illegal, the hardcore criminal element will be
there.
"Decriminalize it and privatize it," Smith said of pot. "I would have
no problem paying taxes on what I do. The tax money could mean so much.
The government should look at the money down here and do something
about it."
(Marijuananews note: That is a message that the politicians are apt to
understand.)
Sister Icee, owner of Hemp BC, was shocked by Marselje's killing but
said laws against marijuana use are letting violence fester.
"This is what prohibition brings into society," she said. "It creates
this black market and, because it is unregulated, it is like the Wild
West. Whoever has the biggest stick wins."
Smith's memories of Marselje and his brutal end still haunt him. Last
summer he wouldn't walk down the street without a gun, a baton, and a
can of bear spray.
Sitting with him in his club are his pit bull Molly and a Rottweiler
puppy. The entrance is behind a metal gate. John Lennon and Bob Marley
grace the walls.
Smith plays host to his 30-odd members in a room just a staircase away
from where his friend was beat to death.
He makes no apologies for his line of work, but these days he's not
sure he'll stick around.
"It [the killing] shouldn't happen again, but I can't say it
won't. I'm not going to be the next one who goes," he said.
Copyright: The Province, Vancouver 1999
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What a bunch of lowlifes. Pimps and killers of dime bag pot sellers.
The gang legislation is on the books and it is long overdue for the
bribed and terrified judiciary and Crown to finally put these criminals
in prison. If they can't or won't due it they should resign.
Leon Trollski
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> has pic of biker criminals at funeral.
>
So?
We have antiterrorism legislation.
Use it.
Define such members as 'terrorist' members of a 'terrorist' organization.
Dissapear them, every last one. Round 'em up at said funerals, lock 'em in
a freight container, shoot holes in it, helicopter said container over the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and bombs away.
Would anyone care to raise a valid objection to my idea?
Shoot video of the entire process from start to finish, especially the
terrified bearded biker faces as they are shoved unceremoniously into the
containers at bayonet point. Email the video to every biker gang on earth,
with the message that, unless they turn over every dime right fucking now,
disarm, and surrender, the same fate awaits them.
Put Guantanamo Bay to it's proper use. Put these fuckers in those cages, in
the blazing sun, property of the Marine Corp and subject to summary
execution at the slightest provocation.
After all, we have armed forces, they don't. We have satellites, police
intelligence, military intelligence, the ability to intercept any and every
email, phone conversation and fax there is. And these guys are pollution.
A threat to society. Terrorism personified. They infiltrate governments
and police forces, use extortion, blackmail and terrorism to further their
goals. They feed crack to our teenagers, lure our daughters into
prostitution, openly wear their 'colours' in broad daylight, run gang-houses
and 'clubs' under our noses.
A whole lot more dangerous than some Arab kook hiding in a cave. These
assholes are sitting right next to you at the cafe, leering at your kids,
sizing you up as a target, doing market studies for crack cocaine useage in
your community, running grow ops next door to you, stealing your identities
and jacking your cars.
How long are we supposed to put up with this? Does having a free society
mean putting up with Hell's Angels? Not doing this means being soft on
terrorists. Only these aren't fakes, they are the real thing.
I sure as fuck hope someone in government reads this and gives the idea
serious consideration.
TopPoster
Edmonton, if not they should
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