16 July 2018

Give 'em an inch...

...they'll take the box the tape measure came in...
Several officers say that since 2015 the number of contact cards filled out has dropped from tens of thousands to dozens. And in that same time period, with the fear of being caught with a gun all but gone, shootings have increased nearly 150%.
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RELATED: Remember, back... you were a kid...

...all those folks gunned down in the streets?

YEAH, ME NEITHER...
TORONTO -- The mother of two young girls who were hit by stray bullets at a Toronto playground last month called Monday for better education and community support programs, not increased police presence, to curb gun violence in the city.
Try telling that to Eaton Centre shooter Christopher Husbands...
Husbands was also supervising children at a City of Toronto-run facility from November 2011 to May 2012 while on a $4,000 house arrest bail for the sexual assault.
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LAST WORD: A shortage of basketball courts...
A shooting in Brampton has left one person dead, Peel Regional Police said.