In the last 12 days, seven men have been murdered and an eighth is clinging to life following another weekend of shootings in the city. All but one of those victims was gunned down.
Whilst British politicians pontificate over what not to do about British (and largely immigrant) gangs carrying weapons, our Canadian cousins are wrestling with exactly the same problem. Why not take a leaf from New York. Increase and smarten up the local police force, then go for a zero tolerance regime on all criminals? When I was a kid, in the most notorious neighbourhood in my home town, there was a police station at the top of our street. The local 'Bobby' was nicknamed Tiny. When we, the kids got out of hand, he would walk us home, gripping a lug-hole tightly. If the parents were not there Tiny knew where to find them. I saw him walk into the local boozer dragging an urchin by the lobe, point at a man at the bar and then to the door. The man tried to ignore Tiny, but the pint was taken from his hand and Tiny frogmarched the odd couple outside and all the way to the boy's home. We craned to listen as Tiny admonished both boy and parent. "You put a mark on the lad and I'll see it..." When he came out he just glared at us and we headed off home, terrified Tiny would follow and knock on our doors. Tiny knew everyone, and everyone knew Tiny. Today he has been replace by a 5' 4'' blond who arrives two days later in a panda car, knows no-one, knows no law, knows not how to handle a violent father with just enough money to get pissed (English - shit faced), hasn't the faintest idea of poverty and social problems. Britain had thousand of Tiny's and they were the conscience of the community. Now we have politicians stealing from everyone and replacing them with no moral fibre at all.
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