Danielle Stephanie Warriner, 43, is shown in this handout photo. (Toronto Police Service)
It should go without saying that a person typically goes to a hospital in order to... you know, get better.
Sadly, this was not the case for Stephanie Warriner back in May 2020.
Stephanie was a patient at Toronto General Hospital. The 43-year-old mother of five suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lived with bipolar disorder. But Stephanie's stay at Toronto General turned into a death sentence for her after she had an altercation with a pair of security guards. They confronted Stephanie for not wearing her mask properly — even though she was en route to the hospital's cafeteria for a snack (in which case she would have had to remove the mask entirely in order to eat and drink).
But the guards didn't care about that. They were seemingly hellbent on teaching Stephanie a lesson in mask etiquette. As the situation escalated, the security video shows Stephanie struggling to breathe. But instead of getting a doctor, the guards pushed Stephanie against the wall, then pushed her to the ground, and then they restrained her. Fast-forward 16 days later, and Stephanie was dead.
That is the tragic element of the Stephanie Warriner story. But there is another part to this story as well: injustice. Because everyone involved in the death of Stephanie Warriner has escaped any sort of penalty.
Indeed, even though there is both video and eyewitness evidence, Justice Sean Dunphy dismissed charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death against Amanda Rojas-Silva and Shane Hutley, the two security guards who manhandled Stephanie.
Security guard Kyle Bryson was also found not guilty. Bryson was the guard operating the surveillance camera, and when the altercation occurred, Bryson actually pointed the camera AWAY from the assault.
Indeed, check out the transcript of a preliminary hearing for the manslaughter case in which Bryson was questioned on the witness stand by assistant Crown attorney Brent Kettles.
Kettles: "At any point did you move the camera away from the incident?"
Bryson: "I did."
Kettles: "Why did you do that?"
Bryson: "I had really bad anxiety, and ... when I saw Ms. Rojas go toward the patient, like run toward the patient, I guess you could say, against the wall, I panicked, I blanked out, I just - things bothered me, I guess. I'm not really a hands-on type of person and I was just - my anxiety went through the roof and I just turned quickly. I didn't have any sort - I had a couple of moments to like think about it, but like not long enough."
Kettles: "So, what was it about this interaction that made you anxious?"
Bryson: "I guess the fact, that I didn't know what was happening. That the patient may or may not have had COVID . . . My colleagues — well, at least Amanda that I saw at the time was there, and I was worried, I was worried about what could happen ... I was worried what could happen to the patient or my colleagues."
Kettles: "What bothered you about it?
Bryson: "Just the use of force part of it, I guess."Incredibly, not only are these three security guards not behind bars, but they are still gainfully employed at Toronto General Hospital!
We reached out to Toronto General Hospital spokeswoman Gillian Howard. Her only comment was the following: "UHN [University Health Network] will not comment on decision from the court or a case before the courts and does not comment on individual employment or discipline."
But as much as the UHN wants this story to go away, that's not going to happen. Recently Stephanie's sister, Denise Warriner-Smith, filed a $16 million lawsuit against UHN and the security guards she believes were responsible for her sister's death. Check out our interview with Denise as she continues her quest for justice.
Reader Comments
Hammer them all the way & seize every opportunity to expose them. Hold them accountable & make them pay. Hope you’re able to work through your symptoms. That’s another reason why I have dogs.
Further I already had a diagnosis on file of complex ptsd due to child sexual assaults by a Scout Leader that lasted for years. He was a sociopath that forced facial coverings on myself and other victims to prevent us from screaming. Hence the medical exemption for mask wearing. About 6 years ago I filed formal charges against the perp. The RCMP charged him for sexual assaults on myself and childhood friend he also assaulted and we corroborated each others stories for the police.
2 weeks after being formerly charged and rather than going back to prison I received a call from the lead detective saying the perp blew his head off with at shotgun ! I settled my civil case against the perps estate and Scouts Canada 6 months ago, a vey trying experience.
I will hold all of them accountable. Again thank you for your compassion/empathy.
:like:....the garbage at times has an interesting way of taking itself out !!
CDC Finally Admits Cloth Masks Were Always Political Theater
Mask mandates have always been more about showing compliance than keeping people safe, and the CDC's latest embarrassing disclosure further proves it. For two years now, to walk into a grocery...PS: If anyone has a Facebook account, (required to post a comment on Rebel News, the source of the article,) please pass on the link to this article about the CDC and Masks. I refuse to ever open a Facebook account.
It was always about mass compliance towards a Global force of Fascism definition imo.
Event 201 shows & proves the intention. [Link]
Live Simulation Exercise to Prepare Public and Private Leaders for Pandemic Response [Link]
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 October 2019 – The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will host Event 201: a high-level simulation exercise for pandemic preparedness and response, in New York, USA, on Friday 18 October, 08.45 - 12.30 EDT.
"Event 201," huh? ---- Do you believe in coincidences? Or the Tooth Fairy? Or the Great Pumpkin?
Either their contemptuous opinion of the public's intelligence and right to live is even lower than I imagined, or they figured if they gave us fair warning, that would counterbalance their bad karma from killing millions of people. Or, all of them are putrid sacks of shit.
(Last one works for me.)
I hope they all rot in hell and are held fully accountable. I saw on the Jaxen report on The Highwire show the other day the blameshifting I predicted would happen. In Australia the College of Physicians put in writing and notified doctors they are not indemnified for any vax injuries like Big Pharma/Government rats insinuated they would be. Damn likely now all these doctors there will get sued, and it remains to be seen of their insurer will cover them, likely not !
Yes it was planned & a hoax no matter how much the Nazi NATO/US claim Ukraine is winning.
The contemporaneous idioms such as People Turning a Blind Eye is the same meaning as an Occluded Eye or in the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King are an example of Knowledge/Gnosis of things they don’t teach anyone in public schools.
Cryptic coded meaning of “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God”
Namaste’
That’s one of those coined idioms that’s a lie for the masses to drink up & schrug their shoulders imo. As we can see ignorance is a ruthless, merciless juggernaut of ruin exploited by ruling hierarchy. People who are critical thinkers as you are, get clumped into the aggregate/collective “WE” which admittedly drives me ape shit.
In what ways is/are any of the changes we are seeing improving the human condition ? I have yet to see one decent article that deals with or about the rigged education system & its institutions of indoctrinated thinking.
“Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.”
“Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.”
“We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most monstrous crimes.”
“In the Age of Information, ignorance is a choice.”
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”
just some random musings …Cheers
Security guard Kyle Bryson was also found not guilty. Bryson was the guard operating the surveillance camera, and when the altercation occurred, Bryson actually pointed the camera AWAY from the assault.”
How many times do we have to be assaulted, wronged, killed, maimed, harmed, injured by the train of abuses under the color & authority of Law ?
Apparently lots. I was locked in Canada Post Dec 22 and 24th 2020, against my will, on 2 separate occasions by the manager whom I had known for 10 years and refused service and the cops called. First time 5 cars, 7 cops and I was the one treated like a criminal. Second time 2 cops. 2nd event the officer rejected my medical exemption, and used excessive force to push me 20 ft out the door, and sprained my arm and ripped the tendon, which required casting at KGH, where I was as stated above assaulted, by security. The cops also are being sued. And the cop gave me a $265 ticket for 'failure to wear a mask'. I fought in court cause I wanted the entire incident read into the court record. Cop never showed and the charge was dismissed !
On top of those events I have been spat on, insulted, ridiculed, and denied essential services like gas/food/medical ! In 1.5 years the cops were called over 18 times !! I am always polite, well spoken, and firmly stand my ground !
Glad you are OK & certainly hope you prevail as you should. I’m fighting some other ethical issues on my front for wrongs & need to make right while they hope I die off in the meantime.
I can’t wait for spring here & fish in the backcountry with my dogs.
“Robbers of the world, having by their universal plunder exhausted the land, they rifle the deep. If the enemy is rich, they are rapacious; if he is poor, they lust for control; neither the east nor the west has been able to satisfy them. Alone among men they covet with equal eagerness poverty and riches. To robbery, slaughter and plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they create a wilderness and call it peace.” - Calgacus, AD 84
Been going on for centuries & nobody blinks …
"I can’t wait for spring here & fish in the backcountry with my dogs."
Yeah me too, I am a huge flyfishing nut...and love the backcountry with few or no humans around. The backcountry is MUCH safe than any city I have ever been in. If your ever in Kelowna BC look me up...
I am trying to make major hints for a dog for my birthday in March, my wife is like hell no...ha ha
I can go for days without seeing a soul when I’m tucked in backcountry, taking it all in & never skip a beat when I get back to the matrix.
I can vividly remember hiking for weeks when I was younger & never saw a Chemtrail then.
If you get a dog make sure you include her. Next you have to get a breed you both agree on. Or you’ll have to negotiate on something else.
Old Fart Hint: I use Wine, Chocolate, Music, Candles & Messages in my negotiations.
"Old Fart Hint: I use Wine, Chocolate, Music, Candles & Messages in my negotiations."
I will keep that in mind. Had an awesome Jack Russell that thought it was a Lab and loved the water and fishing...
Yes I believe so to as a civil case is based on a balance of probabilities !