Admiral Beez
Superstar
Distrust of the police was already strong in the black community, and with good reason. To be stopped by the police because your neighbourhood or car is too nice for you, aka DWB is stuff of a totalitarian state. And I can see it from the police perspective, you fish where the fish are, but your by-catch includes the vast majority of innocent civilians just living their lives. BLM is the affect of that distrust. not its cause. One of my best friends is black, an engineer for OPG, and he has an entire routine for the frequent traffic stops he gets from the police; windows down, both hands on steering wheel, glasses off, license, registration and insurance already out so not to be seen reaching into coat or glove box, and super polite to the point of gush. All things his parents taught him, to reduce his chances of getting killed by the police. It's called "the talk" and it's about keeping your children and young adults safe during their frequent interactions with the police.
We don't have soft on crime governments, but we do have a soft on crime justice system, with TPS chief reminding us that those charged with gun crimes are often out of bail, thus threatening any witnesses that come forward. Harper wanted to look tough with minimum sentencing laws, but the justice system refused to enact them.
We don't have soft on crime governments, but we do have a soft on crime justice system, with TPS chief reminding us that those charged with gun crimes are often out of bail, thus threatening any witnesses that come forward. Harper wanted to look tough with minimum sentencing laws, but the justice system refused to enact them.
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