Across North America, the pendulum on crime has swung decisively towards law and order, and politicians who are failing to adapt to this new reality are reaping the consequences.
Not too long ago, things were very different. In the late 2010s, progressive cities throughout North America were embracing policies that were designed to reduce the number of people held in prison.
This week, Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, modeled on the U.S.’s federal RICO statute. That indictment is based on an alleged conspiracy “to unlawfully change the outcome” of the 2020 presidential election.
For some Canadians, however, it has raised a more local question: why doesn’t Canada have such a law to tackle the international drug cartels and vast money-laundering operations that are also helping fuel the opioid crisis?
Why don’t we? Because Justin Trudeau’s commie friends have come rely on Laundering money through Canada.
Lucy Letby’s colleagues were ordered to apologise to her after repeatedly raising concerns that the nurse may have been behind a series of unexplained baby deaths, the Guardian has learned.
Senior doctors had warned for months that Letby was the only staff member present during the sudden collapses and deaths of a number of premature babies on the Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unit.
She was not removed from the ward until early July 2016, a year after a doctor first alerted a hospital executive to a potential link. By that time she had murdered seven babies and attempted to kill another six, a court found on Friday.
I have purposely avoided posting on this. It is a horror story.
A pack of armed thugs’ “jugging” attempt failed miserably when a Texas store pulled his own gun and defended himself during a botched robbery attempt.
The owner of Ruiz Cash & Carry managed to gun down two out of three of the gang of armed robbers.
The Houston Police Department believes that the armed thugs killed outside of a family-owned convenience store were trying to rob the owner in a “jugging” attempt.
Jugging – A crime where a suspect observes a customer at a bank or high-end store and then follows the customer after they leave the establishment in order to steal their money or valuables.
Petty crime is now being run by organised gangs
The Co-op is one of the UK’s oldest convenience stores and one of the largest, with around 70,000 employees. Since opening its first store in the working-class town of Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1884, it has operated democratically as a consumer-owned co-operative, aiming to meet the needs of its members and the wider community.
But now, when you walk into any of its 3,000 outlets, you’ll quickly find that all signs of trust and solidarity with members are gone.
Toronto police are searching for a third suspect in connection with the murder of a 67-year-old man last week.
Ahmed Hassan was found dead inside an apartment unit near Bellevue Crescent and Weston Road on Aug. 9.
Two Toronto boys arrested in armed carjacking attempt of a senior in Rexdale, say police
Auto theft and illegal vehicle sales are on the rise in Ontario as the auto industry continues to deal with low inventory and supply chain issues, according to the province’s car sales regulator.
At a news conference at Toronto police headquarters on Thursday morning, the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC), Crime Stoppers, and the city’s police service launched a crime prevention campaign to address the growing issue of illegal vehicle sales in the Greater Toronto Area.
Caroline Ellison, the former girlfriend of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was secretly recorded as she blamed her ex for a fateful decision to use customer funds to plug financial holes in the crypto giant’s failed hedge fund, according to court documents.
The recording of Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, the hedge fund through which Bankman-Fried allegedly used FTX customer funds to make risky bets, was made by an Alameda employee during an all-hands meeting on Nov. 9.
Sammy is in trouble.
Two more arrests were made in the July 7 Leslieville shooting that killed Karolina Huebner-Makurat.
In other GTA news…
Police Seize $100M Of Cannabis During Shutdown Of Illegal Grow Op In Ontario
Gun case collapses after GTA officers mute body cameras during arrest
Native Sons, a group from Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, is asking that gang members pledge to cease fire from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily so no one lives in fear of being shot while going about their day-to-day activities.
Sam Bankman-Fried used stolen customer funds to make over $100million in campaign contributions ahead of the 2022 midterms, prosecutors have claimed.
The new indictment, filed Monday, charges the 31-year-old with seven counts of conspiracy and fraud over the collapse of the exchange.
He has previously pleaded not guilty. Mark Botnick, a spokesman for Bankman-Fried, declined to comment.
The recent cabinet shuffle should have been an opportunity for the Liberals to reset their priorities and take action on issues affecting the lives of Canadians — notably crime. Unfortunately, in the same breath as our new justice minister, Arif Virani, pledged to address the growing sense of insecurity among Canadians, he downplayed the problem, saying it’s “unlikely” that crime is becoming a bigger problem than it used to be.
A “mob of criminals” stole up to $100,000 worth of merchandise from the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center in Los Angeles Saturday afternoon.
“Today at around 4 p.m., a mob of criminals stole items from the Topanga Mall with an estimated loss of $60,000 to $100,000,” the Los Angeles Police Department said on social media. “Topanga Division officers were on the scene quickly and have several investigative leads. To criminals, it is just property taken.”
Multiple individuals wearing black from head to toe could be seen ransacking a store at the mall, carrying duffel bags, purses and other items past the broken glass on the floor, in a video posted by the police department.
Rex Heuermann’s family revealed the mess left after authorities tore through their Massapequa Park house for weeks.
The alleged serial killer‘s wife and two grown children have released photos of the inside of their house, showcasing broken interiors and rooms piled high with items haphazardly strewn across the floors.
