First Murder of 2006

scribblet · January 2, 2006

Here go again for 2006 guess we'd better for vests when going into Toronto these days.

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndG...375833-sun.html

Not more than five hours after ringing in the new year, a 21-year-old man was gunned down in the drivers' seat of his Cadillac DeVille yesterday.

Dillan Yhanike Anderson, 21, of North York was pronounced dead at Sunnybrook hospital after he was found slumped over in the driver's seat of his Cadillac in an alley at Eglinton and Locksley Aves., east of Dufferin St., around 5 a.m.

"Here we are, just into 2006, and already there is another mother planning to bury her son," said homicide Det. Steve Ryan. "It's sad. It's the first homicide of the year and we have a long year ahead of us. I'd like to get it solved quickly."

PocketRocket · January 2, 2006

From the same article.....

Anderson was known to police. In 2003, he and a 17-year-old were arrested in connection with the shooting of a man near Jane St. and Wilson Ave. The victim survived.

Can anyone say "trend"???

It sems growingly obvious that most of the targets are somehow related to crime. I have little problem with gangsters killing each other off.

The problem is innocents getting caught in the crossfire.

"It's ridiculous," said Maria Herrett, who, after celebrating New Year's Eve at Nathan Phillips Square, slept through the gunshots fired below her apartment window.

How the hell do you sleep through "several" gunshots fired outside your bedroom window???

crazymf · January 2, 2006

It sems growingly obvious that most of the targets are somehow related to crime. I have little problem with gangsters killing each other off.

How come you can say that and nobody rips you a new a**hole? All I did was post a funny poem about getting rid of that Tookie dude, and I'm getting hate mail all over the place. I'm scared to say I agree with you in case I get blasted again. :lol:

Oh, I know. I'm from Alberta, agree with the death penalty, George Bushes Iraq policy, and like Ralph. That's why.

Answered my own question. Carry on. :lol:

PocketRocket · January 2, 2006

How come you can say that and nobody rips you a new a**hole?

Good things come to those who wait. I only posted this a little while ago. I'm sure someone will upbraid me about it sooner or later.

All I did was post a funny poem about getting rid of that Tookie dude, and I'm getting hate mail all over the place.

Hey, all I did was say I thought the poem was in bad taste.

If other people are going over the top with it, don't blame me.

I'm scared to say I agree with you in case I get blasted again.

Well, I think you just said that you agree with me, without actually saying it.

Maybe we'll both get blasted together.

Isn't togetherness wonderful

Oh, I know. I'm from Alberta, agree with the death penalty, George Bushes Iraq policy, and like Ralph. That's why.
Answered my own question. Carry on.

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Well, there you go. There had to be a good reason for it

crazymf · January 2, 2006

HAHAHA!!

scribblet · January 2, 2006

Finally, somebody has the guts to say it:

http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial...28/1370421.html

Declare war on gangs

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No, no, no, no, no! Toronto lost its innocence long ago -- not with this, the 78th murder and 52nd gun homicide of 2005. This isn't even the first shooting near the Eaton Centre this year -- it's the third.

What we have lost -- we hope -- is our naivete.

We've lost the dangerous illusion that the escalating gun violence that has scarred Toronto in recent years -- not months, years -- is an isolated problem, confined to a certain community, a certain income bracket or certain neighbourhoods.

We've lost the self-righteous notion that guns and gangs are problems imported from somewhere else. We've lost the elitist view that this kind of thing doesn't happen in Toronto.

Monday's victims are from all over; they are male and female; white, black, Asian. They are all of us.

We've heard the promises. Where are the results?

What we need are leaders who will stare down the laughing gangsters and tell them: You will not take over. We will hunt you down. We will take away your guns and put you away -- or kick you out of Canada -- for good.

Biblio Bibuli · January 2, 2006

Finally, somebody has the guts to say it:
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial...28/1370421.html

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This one by one of the regular letter writers to the NP is no slouch either:

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/ed...ff-e2789241149b

"The Jamaican/Toronto connection

Published: Monday, January 02, 2006

Re: A Gun Problem Of Our Own, editorial, Dec. 29.

So, Mayor David Miller sees fit to respond to a bad year of murders in his own city by blaming America, publicly proclaiming: "The U.S. is exporting its problem of violence to the streets of Toronto."

Sadly, Mr. Miller is not the only member of Canada's elite to openly smear America in the wake of Toronto's violent upsurge. On Wednesday morning, CBC Newsworld finished its report about the Yonge Street shootings by listing onscreen the murder rates of three cities: Toronto, Chicago and Houston. There was no commentary whatsoever as to why the CBC chose to display them: It was left to viewers to reach their own subconscious conclusions about the higher murder rates in the U.S. cities.

Perhaps, by method of Orwellian instruction, the CBC simply meant to use even this deadly event to remind viewers once again that America can still be seen as bad and Canada can still be seen as good. Why didn't the CBC list the murder rates in Singapore, Hong Kong or Tokyo -- huge cities where murders occur at a fraction of the rate per capita as in bloody Toronto? Publicizing those foreign figures would make Toronto look bad, which is surely not the desire for CBC editors, who can instead cast blame on America.

And how about the tiny country of Jamaica, which has a murder rate five times higher than that of the United States? A hardball question for the finger-pointing Mr. Miller: Doesn't the Jamaican subculture have something to do with the "problem of violence" that has been "exported" to the "streets of Toronto"?

Keith Stringer, Cincinnati, Ohio."

crazymf · January 2, 2006

What we need are leaders who will stare down the laughing gangsters and tell them: You will not take over. We will hunt you down. We will take away your guns and put you away -- or kick you out of Canada -- for good.

Amen to that.

szkw1 · January 2, 2006

It is time for calmer heads to prevail and not for knee jerk reactions.

I never thought that I would say this but I think it's time for Toronto to start using closed circuit cameras on their streets.

When I was in England the last time I was comfortable with hte number of cameras they have, mind you they are well marked so you know that they are there.

I think they are a good deterant.

Leafless · January 2, 2006

scriblett

Shouldn't a topic of this nature be under Morals and Religion as both politicians and police appear to be totally useless.

Maybe God can help.

Cameron · January 3, 2006

Hmmm, gang murders, innocent people being killed....Rock Machine v Hells Angels ring a bell to anyone???

scribblet · January 3, 2006

scriblett
Shouldn't a topic of this nature be under Morals and Religion as both politicians and police appear to be totally useless.

Maybe God can help.

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I Don't think so Tim

Leafless · January 3, 2006

scriblett

You wrote- " I don't think so"

Think about what your saying for a moment.

If these murdering punks were raised properly from childhood with morals and values instilled with Christianity, do you actually think they would possess the same drive to murder other human beings?

Uncivilized, unprincipled, secularists who worship things that bring them power and wealth and have learned the easy way to achieve their goals by simply pulling the trigger since the Liberals have removed all obstacles from helping to prevent this.

The Liberals paved the way and are encouraging this type of Canadian society and then stare back at society with mouths open, speechless when their "vision" of fair, equal society begins to crumble and cannot understand why.

Screaming on the internet that another human being has been shot in Toronto won't accomplish a damn thing and is just as bad as Liberal policies have greatly contributed to this situation.

Voting Conservative will be the only way to help reverse this situation of Liberal created social decay.

scribblet · January 3, 2006

scriblett
You wrote- " I don't think so"

Think about what your saying for a moment.

If these murdering punks were raised properly from childhood with morals and values instilled with Christianity, do you actually think they would possess the same drive to murder other human beings?

Uncivilized, unprincipled, secularists who worship things that bring them power and wealth and have learned the easy way to achieve their goals by simply pulling the trigger since the Liberals have removed all obstacles from helping to prevent this.

The Liberals paved the way and are encouraging this type of Canadian society and then stare back at society with mouths open, speechless when their "vision" of fair, equal society begins to crumble and cannot understand why.

Screaming on the internet that another human being has been shot in Toronto won't accomplish a damn thing and is just as bad as Liberal policies have greatly contributed to this situation.

Voting Conservative will be the only way to help reverse this situation of Liberal created social decay.

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For the most part I agree with you, but you can teach morals and values based on reason, without the religion. It would be interesting to see a study done on these gangs and criminals e.g. how many have fathers in their lives, and what their parent/parents and home life was like.