Imagine that! An RCMP bully torturing his own son, but hey, the poor man is a victim himself, doncha know!

If an RCMP officer could do this to his own flesh and blood, heaven help us ordinary folks who might come across such others from the  force for a minor offense of speeding or giving one of the bullies a dirty look.

Wonder why the RCMP officer's identity is kept hidden.  One lenient law for the privileged and another severe one for the rest of us?
The item is from over a month ago, but I just came across it today.

Isn't it amazing how the RCMP officer's lawyer has coached him to take on the role of a victim when the fact of the matter is, it's his SON who is the actual victim.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Laura Fagan at CBC
Ottawa Mountie on trial for abusing son details own sexual abuse as child

An Ottawa Mountie on trial for the severe abuse of his son testified today that he was himself sexually assaulted as a boy growing up in Lebanon.

Both the man, now 44, and the victim's stepmother were charged in February 2013 with aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life in what investigators called "the worst case of abuse" they'd seen.

The woman is also charged with assault with a weapon, while the man is also charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.

Both have pleaded not guilty. Neither accused can be named in order to protect the identity of the victim, who was 11 years old when the charges were laid.

The trial resumed Monday after being adjourned last fall.

The man told court that when he was eight, a boy living next door to him in Beruit assaulted him repeatedly over a one-year period. 

The man claimed he was later assaulted by another man, and again by a trusted teacher at the school where the accused worked with his father.

"I was ashamed and embarrassed," the Mountie told the court.

The man, who is suspended without pay from the RCMP, recalled exact details of the sexual assaults, but remained composed during his testimony.

He said the abuse happened against a backdrop of civil war in Lebanon, with bombs exploding continually around the home he shared with his parents and five siblings.

"This becomes your reality," the man told court. "Is the next [bomb] coming down on your head? That's how I lived."

"My life is no longer the same," he said. "I grew up asking why am I being targeted ... I lived with the guilt, shame and anger inside of me for the whole time."...

....Asked by defence counsel asked if he thought his son was exhibiting sexually predatory behavior, the man replied: "Morally, he was dead to me."

The man also testified that while preparing for his entrance exams for the RCMP — a process that included a psychological test — an officer cautioned him against mentioning his ongoing nightmares related to his childhood in Lebanon. 

Last fall the court saw a video of the man's son, naked and restrained in the basement of the family home. ....