Crime

Day 11, still no murders

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, I said to myself a couple of weeks ago. The media told me that Donald Trump was taking over Washington in an authoritarian manner. Finally, I thought, he would lock Hillary up.

The Red Hats Are Coming! The Red Hats Are Coming! The Red Hats Are Coming!

You can imagine my disappointment when I discovered that all the president did was have the FBI arrest a few criminals, ICE deport some illegal aliens, and the National Guard patrol the streets. Oh, and the Guard tore down the pup tents of the vagrants.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Encampment homicide largest investigation in Barrie police investigation

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Barrie police are set to hold a news conference about a grisly murder case tied to a homeless encampment in central Barrie.

A news conference is scheduled on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Barrie Police Headquarters, where officials will outline the latest developments in the investigation that has gripped the city for weeks.

While police have kept the probe largely under wraps, Barrie Police Chief Rich Johnston and Sgt. Brett Carleton are expected to provide an update since a 52-year-old man was arrested.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Facing up to Black Crime in America

We owe it to every victim, in every community, to stop pretending reality doesn’t exist. Truth isn’t racist. Statistics aren’t bigoted.

A woman named Holly from Cincinnati was recently knocked unconscious by a sucker punch at a jazz festival. The attack was caught on video. I had the misfortune of watching it. Perhaps you did too. The video went viral

And for once, maybe the first time in decades, a white victim of black violence spoke honestly about what happened to her. She called it racially motivated. She didn’t apologize for existing. She didn’t beg people not to notice patterns. This represents a seismic shift in American discourse. For 60 years, we’ve been trapped in a suffocating ritual where white victims must immediately genuflect before the altar of racial sensitivity, even as they’re being wheeled into ambulances. They apologize for their attackers. They beg the media not to mention race. They perform elaborate acts of contrition for crimes committed against them.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter, Crime

Trump takes aim at cashless bail in series of executive orders

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a series of executive orders aimed at eliminating cashless bail in D.C. and throughout the country as part of his efforts to crack down on crime.

“We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C., and that we have the right to do by federalization,” Trump said during a press conference in the Oval Office.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, USA

Jamie Sarkonak: Home invasion is serious. The law of self-defence should reflect that

Clifford Stauffer was a self-taught tradesman whose projects included houses, airplanes and miniature semi-trucks. A horseman and motorcyclist, he acquired his last bike and horse at 81. He would only get two years of enjoyment out of them. At age 83, in the early hours of June 2021, a group of four to five adults drove up to his rural Alberta home, bludgeoned him to death and lit his house on fire with his body inside. Then, they stole his van.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCastle Law, Crime

Man’s sentencing improperly considered deportation risk, B.C. court rules

In March of 2024, a middle-aged man was having a cigarette outside his Surrey, B.C., social housing complex when he noticed Jae Won Lee, a 23-year-old Australian-born permanent resident of Canada, lifting the cover off another resident’s motorcycle.

The man approached Lee to ask what he was doing, to which Lee replied, “Mind your own business, old man.”

Lee then pulled out a knife with a six-inch blade and stabbed the man’s arm before chasing him into the building’s lobby, where he stabbed him in the abdomen.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Crime

Cory Morgan: Self-Defence Isn’t Vigilantism—It’s an Integral Right of Canadians

When it comes to the right to defend oneself and one’s property in Canada, the nation doesn’t need to change the laws. It must change its attitude. Sections 34 and 35 of the Criminal Code make it clear that citizens may use force to defend themselves and their property. While many Canadians have been criminally charged for defending themselves with force, convictions are rare. The process is the punishment, however, as a person’s life can be put on hold while they navigate the legal system to exonerate themselves.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCastle Law, Crime

Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown

The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities, officials familiar with the matter said.

The planning, which has not been previously disclosed, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September to what is the third most populous city in the United States.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Inside a crypto heist: Hamilton youth who stole $48-million strikes again

On a summer day in 2022, a lonely, troubled youth appeared in a Hamilton courtroom to say he’s “very sorry” for stealing $48-million in cryptocurrency. “I intend to move forward only in a positive direction,” he said.

His lawyer said the 19-year-old now wanted to use his skills for good, to work in cybersecurity, “a fitting way for this case to come full circle.”

The judge sentenced the young man to a year of probation, taking into account the year he already spent in custody and the fact that he was 17 when he did the deed. The young man, who cannot be named under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act, was forbidden from dealing with crypto during his probation – not a significant deprivation, admittedly, but certainly damaging to the career of a young cybercriminal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Digital Currency", Crime

Today in “Canadian Truck Driver” News

Fugitive arrested at Toronto airport for crash that killed Manitoba mother, daughter: RCMP

A man who avoided Canadian authorities for more than nine months after being accused of driving a semi-trailer truck through a stop sign, causing a crash that killed a Manitoba mother and daughter, was arrested at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday.

Navjeet Singh, 25, had been wanted since November for two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one count of obstructing a police officer.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Crime, WTF?

Man found shot dead in mall washroom initially deemed suspicious until Scarborough location revealed

Man found fatally shot inside Scarborough Town Centre washroom

A man in his 20s was found shot to death in a restroom inside the bustling Scarborough Town Centre on Thursday afternoon.

But Toronto Police are so far only saying the death of the victim — found in a public bathroom within the mall near McCowan Rd. and Hwy. 401 — is “suspicious.”

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Lindsay man charged with assaulting home intruder acted ’within his rights’: Lawyer

A Lindsay, Ont., man who is facing charges after allegedly assaulting an intruder in his apartment is accused of using a knife in the incident, a court document shows, but his lawyer says he was acting within his rights to defend himself.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Two Tiered Policing", Castle Law, Crime

Canada’s ‘But you can’t hurt em self defence law’

Yes, self-defence is allowed in Canada. ‘Misinformation’ abounds as man charged in assault of intruder: lawyer

After a decision to charge a man for allegedly assaulting an intruder in his home in Lindsay, Ont., sparked widespread reaction this week, one criminal lawyer has a reminder for the public: self-defence is legal in Canada, but within reason.

The Kawartha Lakes Police Service has faced criticism for charging a 44-year-old man after an altercation that left the alleged intruder with life-threatening injuries Monday morning in the small town northeast of Toronto. Police have provided few details but say the resident is facing charges for aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, and the intruder, who is also facing charges, was airlifted to hospital afterward.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCastle Law, Crime, WTF?

‘Something is broken’: Ford slams assault charges against homeowner after break-in

Premier Doug Ford is speaking out after a Lindsay, Ont., homeowner was charged with assault following a violent encounter with an alleged intruder over the weekend.

“This criminal that’s wanted by the police breaks into this guy’s house, this guy gives him a beating, and this guy gets charged. Something is broken,” Ford said at a press conference on Wednesday.

WOW! Ford said something sorta conservative.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?