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?

Cartels, Triads, and Trade-Based Money Laundering—From Pemex to Vancouver Casinos

In this episode of The Bureau Podcast, investigative journalist Sam Cooper sits down with Chris Meyer of WideFountain to trace the stunning global patterns of cartel, Triad, and Chinese Communist Party–linked networks penetrating legitimate trade structures to launder narcotics proceeds and move fentanyl and meth invisibly around the world.

Together, they examine how cartels and Chinese Triads exploit commodities, corporate shells, and international trade routes—controlling entire sectors like oil, seafood, and luxury goods—as part of a new hybrid criminal statecraft that links Mexico, Canada, China, and beyond.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Crime

The real white privilege

Protesting DC police is easy when your race isn’t being killed

Just the facts, using Grok:

  • In 2023, the homicide rate for black people in Washington DC was 88.2 per 100,000 people.
  • The homicide rate for non-black people in Washington DC was 6.1 per 100,000 people.

Grok can crunch numbers. That’s about it. Think of computers as calculators with pictures of our grandchildren. OK, you no longer have to punch in 80085 to see boobs.

White people are the only ones protesting President Donald John Trump bringing in MPs from the National Guard and other law enforcement agencies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Virtue Signalling", "Peak Woke", Crime

A Nation Built on Sand: How Canada Squanders Its Abundance

OTTAWA — Canada is celebrated abroad as a safe, prosperous, and open society. But beneath the surface, a far more precarious reality is taking shape. The pillars of our economy — land, real estate, natural resources, and immigration — have been left vulnerable to foreign manipulation, criminal exploitation, and political negligence. The result is what can only be described as a sandcastle economy — striking at first glance, but fragile. Like the parable of the house built on sand, it is a foundation vulnerable to give way when the storm comes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Foreign Interference", Canada, Crime

Man arrested after assaulting intruder inside his Lindsay home: police

A man is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted an intruder inside his Lindsay home early Monday morning, police say.

The incident happened at an apartment on Kent Street shortly after 3 a.m.

Police say that the suspect was asleep when he awoke to find an intruder inside his apartment.

Investigators say an altercation ensued and the intruder sustained serious life-threatening injuries as a result.

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

WARMINGTON: Too many young people gunned down in Toronto to remember their names

Toronto is a city that eats its young. And then forgets about them.

Until the next innocent young person is shot to death. Then Toronto says what it needs to say to get through the unspeakable reality before moving on and going back to status quo — albeit without the latest murder victim, of course.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city", Crime

Ont. truckers used secret compartment to smuggle cocaine for fugitive Ryan Wedding

Two truckers have agreed to plead guilty in connection with a scheme to smuggle loads of cocaine from California to Ontario on behalf of fugitive Ryan Wedding’s criminal enterprise, CBC News has learned.

Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal from the Toronto area are the first Canadians to sign plea deals with U.S. prosecutors following the FBI’s sprawling investigation revealed last fall, dubbed “Operation Giant Slalom.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

The Crime Stats Aren’t Just Faked…They Leave Victims Behind

There are people behind the statistics you see…and the statistics you don’t.

With all the storm and strife about crime in D.C.–the Democrats insist that crime is an illusion and everybody rides unicorns in the District–it’s easy to forget that crime statistics are not just numbers. Every red dot on a map or number in a chart represents a life that was ended, or at least upended.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, USA