Canada's Most Dangerous Neighborhood...and some G20 thoughts...
Are you seriously referring to downtown Toronto on that Sunday as the most dangerous place in Canada? How many people died? Never heard of Abbotsford-Mission, the murder capital of Canada? Now that's a dangerous place.
AB: Where exactly is this located? Are there crime stats showing Canada's most dangerous City neighborhoods?
As for the aftermath of the G20 Summit I read most if not all of the pages of posts on this subject (Thanks to all who posted!)
and I looked at some videos showing some of the clashes between police and demonstrators and some that were posted showing
some of the damage caused by the anarchists protesting the G20 - even though they were clearly caught on camera by some
video posters they still made little effort to conceal themselves other then some token blocking of those catching their deeds on camera. I found that even "pleasure palaces" like the famous Zanzibar on Yonge Street-even with that sign mentioning a getaway of sorts from the G20-felt the wrath of their vandalism.
I thought of two things after looking over all these G20 postings: First - Back in 1969 the group Chicago put out arguably their best
album-their first titled "Chicago Transit Authority" - the group went by that name then and shortened it to Chicago after a legal dispute from the CTA over the use of that name - that album had recordings from the protests of August 29,1968 - the Democratic National Convention in Chicago - and the clashes between police and protestors that developed.
I can not get the chant used by those protestors out of my mind: "The Whole World's Watching!" and in the case of the G20
with today's information technology that is definitely true in this case!
Second: How many police officers were assigned to Toronto during the G20 and how many different departments from all over Ontario and Canada were represented if anyone knows? I tried to look at patches on pictures taken and I remember seeing Montreal and OPP
to name two but I also wondered who was watching other parts of Toronto and other places during the G20? I remember reading someplace that during the 2004 RNC in NYC because of the huge police presence in Midtown Manhattan that in other
parts of the city crime actually increased due to the lower police presence especially in marginal neighborhoods.
I noticed posts from those who are tired of the G20 topic - but this is arguably one of the most significant news stories
in Canada let alone Toronto this year! In their defense I say that I am glad that this has passed and that Toronto can-and will recover from this aftermath of the G20.
Thoughts from Long Island Mike