Long Island Mike
Senior Member
Could this murder lead to a police crackdown?
Everyone: Does anyone remember back in the late 70s the sad high-profile case of the shoeshine boy murder on the Yonge Street strip? I remember reading about the case and also seeing an exhibit at the Toronto Police Museum on College Street about this case-the boy was 13 or 14 years old and was found atop a building on Yonge-this caused a crackdown on Yonge Street's seamy underside-I cannot help but wonder if this panhandler murder will spur a similar crackdown on the homeless today by TPD-like I mentioned I have sympathy and I am all for helping the truly down and out-but these aggressive substance abusers should be dealt with a tough attitude-they are potentially dangerous-like the four young people that were arrested. In this case only time will tell if TPD takes a tough stance on the homeless-but it will probably be to the detriment of the truly needy! Lets see how all this turns out! LI MIKE
Everyone: Does anyone remember back in the late 70s the sad high-profile case of the shoeshine boy murder on the Yonge Street strip? I remember reading about the case and also seeing an exhibit at the Toronto Police Museum on College Street about this case-the boy was 13 or 14 years old and was found atop a building on Yonge-this caused a crackdown on Yonge Street's seamy underside-I cannot help but wonder if this panhandler murder will spur a similar crackdown on the homeless today by TPD-like I mentioned I have sympathy and I am all for helping the truly down and out-but these aggressive substance abusers should be dealt with a tough attitude-they are potentially dangerous-like the four young people that were arrested. In this case only time will tell if TPD takes a tough stance on the homeless-but it will probably be to the detriment of the truly needy! Lets see how all this turns out! LI MIKE