2aguy
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Blame normal people for gun crime and punish them, and your gun crime rates will go up.
Focus on actual criminals, who use illegal guns....lock them up for a long time...and your gun crime rates will go down..
The equation is simple....left wingers don't understand simple equations...
EDITORIAL: Politicians silent on street check ban increasing gun crime
The fact gang and gun violence in Toronto has skyrocketed since police were banned from doing street cheeks makes them uncomfortable, lest they be accused of racism by anti-police activists if they acknowledge it.
And so at City Hall and Queen’s Park they ignore reality, saying they’re hiring more police officers, implementing new shift schedules to more effectively deploy the force and investing more money in policing and programs to address the root causes of violence.
Despite that, since street checks were banned in 2014, the number of shootings compared to 2019 is up by 178%, victims by 218% and shooting homicides by 63%.
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Last week, recently retired police officer Sue Fisher, on the force for almost 32 years, told the Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy that the end of street checks allowed the “bad guys to take over … there’s no longer that fear (among the criminal element.)”
Today, Fisher said, officers are often running from shooting to shooting after the fact, as opposed to doing proactive policing, like street checks, to gather intelligence to prevent shootings before they occur.
Two children unharmed after shots fired in suspected Bridle Path road rage incident, police say
Nobody was injured after a shooting in a suspected road rage incident in North York Saturday afternoon, police say
Toronto police said they were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue and The Bridle Path at 2:45 p.m. for a shooting.
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Woman found with gunshot wound dies beside east-end Toronto street
Toronto police are probing the circumstances leading up to a woman’s death after she was found with a gunshot wound near an east-end street Friday evening.
Police said emergency crews were called to Sheppard Avenue East near Havenview Road, east of McCowan Road, just after 7 p.m. by a passerby who found the victim.
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Shooting in Etobicoke leaves man with serious injuries
Toronto police say a 19-year-old man shot in Etobicoke made his own way to hospital with serious injuries and is currently recovering.
Emergency crews were first called to Willowridge Road, near Martin Grove Road and Eglinton Avenue West, at around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a shooting.
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Man injured in downtown Toronto shooting
Toronto police say a man in his 20s was injured in a shooting in the city’s downtown core early Sunday.
Police said officers were called to the area of Yonge and Gerrard streets around 4:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting.
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Police identify man shot and killed outside east-end Toronto bar
Toronto police have identified a man who was reportedly gunned down while standing outside a bar in the city’s east end early Wednesday.
Police say 29-year-old Thomas Michael Alcott of Toronto was in the Greenwood and Danforth avenues area when he was shot multiple times.
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Young rapper among 3 people killed in weekend shooting at Airbnb, Toronto police say
Toronto police say a young rapper was among the three men killed in a shooting in a downtown highrise over the weekend.
Police say the shooters are among the dead, but only two of the deaths are considered homicides.
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Funeral held for 15-year-old Toronto boy shot and killed after leaving school
Hundreds packed Masjid-Al Jannah in Scarborough Wednesday afternoon for the funeral of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed two days earlier near his high school.
Safiullah Khosrawi, known as ‘Safi,’ was the youngest of four boys and a Grade 10 student at Woburn Collegiate Institute.
Focus on actual criminals, who use illegal guns....lock them up for a long time...and your gun crime rates will go down..
The equation is simple....left wingers don't understand simple equations...
EDITORIAL: Politicians silent on street check ban increasing gun crime
The fact gang and gun violence in Toronto has skyrocketed since police were banned from doing street cheeks makes them uncomfortable, lest they be accused of racism by anti-police activists if they acknowledge it.
And so at City Hall and Queen’s Park they ignore reality, saying they’re hiring more police officers, implementing new shift schedules to more effectively deploy the force and investing more money in policing and programs to address the root causes of violence.
Despite that, since street checks were banned in 2014, the number of shootings compared to 2019 is up by 178%, victims by 218% and shooting homicides by 63%.
------
Last week, recently retired police officer Sue Fisher, on the force for almost 32 years, told the Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy that the end of street checks allowed the “bad guys to take over … there’s no longer that fear (among the criminal element.)”
Today, Fisher said, officers are often running from shooting to shooting after the fact, as opposed to doing proactive policing, like street checks, to gather intelligence to prevent shootings before they occur.
Two children unharmed after shots fired in suspected Bridle Path road rage incident, police say
Nobody was injured after a shooting in a suspected road rage incident in North York Saturday afternoon, police say
Toronto police said they were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue and The Bridle Path at 2:45 p.m. for a shooting.
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Woman found with gunshot wound dies beside east-end Toronto street
Toronto police are probing the circumstances leading up to a woman’s death after she was found with a gunshot wound near an east-end street Friday evening.
Police said emergency crews were called to Sheppard Avenue East near Havenview Road, east of McCowan Road, just after 7 p.m. by a passerby who found the victim.
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Shooting in Etobicoke leaves man with serious injuries
Toronto police say a 19-year-old man shot in Etobicoke made his own way to hospital with serious injuries and is currently recovering.
Emergency crews were first called to Willowridge Road, near Martin Grove Road and Eglinton Avenue West, at around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a shooting.
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Man injured in downtown Toronto shooting
Toronto police say a man in his 20s was injured in a shooting in the city’s downtown core early Sunday.
Police said officers were called to the area of Yonge and Gerrard streets around 4:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting.
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Police identify man shot and killed outside east-end Toronto bar
Toronto police have identified a man who was reportedly gunned down while standing outside a bar in the city’s east end early Wednesday.
Police say 29-year-old Thomas Michael Alcott of Toronto was in the Greenwood and Danforth avenues area when he was shot multiple times.
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Young rapper among 3 people killed in weekend shooting at Airbnb, Toronto police say
Toronto police say a young rapper was among the three men killed in a shooting in a downtown highrise over the weekend.
Police say the shooters are among the dead, but only two of the deaths are considered homicides.
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Funeral held for 15-year-old Toronto boy shot and killed after leaving school
Hundreds packed Masjid-Al Jannah in Scarborough Wednesday afternoon for the funeral of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed two days earlier near his high school.
Safiullah Khosrawi, known as ‘Safi,’ was the youngest of four boys and a Grade 10 student at Woburn Collegiate Institute.
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