Trevor Phillips, the former head of the United Kingdom’s Equality and Human Rights Commission has accused the BBC of “whitewashing” crime stories by not addressing the high number of black-on-black stabbings, and warned politicians and police to stop ignoring the links between race and gang violence.**********
Mr Phillips noted that in terms of youth gang violence, “black boys are more than 20 times as likely to be involved in serious attacks compared with their white peers.”
“The BBC in particular is guilty of whitewashing the truth. Its defence is that race should only be reported where it is relevant. Yet it has no qualms about routinely describing stop and search by police in racial terms.”
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"One man is well known for having a stranglehold on drug trafficking on the reserve. Toss in prostitution and weapons smuggling and the man is a force to be reckoned with. And he is absolutely ruthless."The five unsolved homicides on the Rez speak to that.
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A 42-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection with a suspicious death in North Toronto on Monday. Emergency crews were called to a residence on Broadway Avenue, which is in the area of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue, at around 2 p.m.**********
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“Homicide has been contacted, but this is not confirmed as a homicide,” said police spokesman Katrina Arrogante.