Vancouver Grows Up--the Bad Way
Four murders this week, all men gunned down in cars, or outside of homes. All victims known to police or RCMP. You'd almost think someone was laundering out the dirt, except it's bigger dirt that's doing it. There is no righteous, one-man vigilante like Batman, righting the world from wrongs with his own form of justice.
There is a war over who knows: drugs, prostitution, money laundering, extortion, gun running or all of the above. Seventeen gang related homicides out of twenty this year.
It wouldn't be so bad if the criminals were only offing each other but two innoncent men were killed less than a month ago, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And all I can think is that Vancouver is ill-equipped to handle this. If these gang shootings hadn't happened there would have been what, three murders for most of this year? Three murders and the various police forces are probably wading in the mire and three steps behind any gang that's out there working.
So Vancouver grows up, gets big gang crime, just like in the movies and we're all possible sitting ducks. Sure, most of these are targeted, but what about those two men who are now statistics? What about the shootings in restaurants that will eventually hit innocent people? I think the big city is getting too big for me. It already was with the traffic.
And Ireland is looking more appealing. The cops don't even carry guns there.
There is a war over who knows: drugs, prostitution, money laundering, extortion, gun running or all of the above. Seventeen gang related homicides out of twenty this year.
It wouldn't be so bad if the criminals were only offing each other but two innoncent men were killed less than a month ago, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And all I can think is that Vancouver is ill-equipped to handle this. If these gang shootings hadn't happened there would have been what, three murders for most of this year? Three murders and the various police forces are probably wading in the mire and three steps behind any gang that's out there working.
So Vancouver grows up, gets big gang crime, just like in the movies and we're all possible sitting ducks. Sure, most of these are targeted, but what about those two men who are now statistics? What about the shootings in restaurants that will eventually hit innocent people? I think the big city is getting too big for me. It already was with the traffic.
And Ireland is looking more appealing. The cops don't even carry guns there.