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August 16, 2005
Michael Thompson on Urban Gun Violence
“It's offensive, rude and inappropriate. Whoever thought of that is a complete idiot.”
- Criminal lawyer Aston Hall
Simply put, Toronto has a burgeoning gun violence problem. No, it's not New York or LA but it's a problem and it's not going away. Fortunately, Toronto has a lot of bright people working on this issue. Councillor Michael Thompson (below) is not one of them.
Here's a link to Thompson's "insightful" proposal on how to deal with the issue.
Here is a short but sweet op-ed from a friend discussing Thompson's views:
Hi all,
In today's coverage on "The War on Guns", City TV interviewed Counsellor Michael Thompson, asking this city counsellor for his views on how to implement and enforce gun control in the city.
I gotta say, folks, never have I been so proud to have a fellow minority in a position of power, representing the true ideals of people of colour in the City. Counsellor Thompson's idea begins with stopping black people, mostly black males, in the streets of Toronto (on foot and in cars) and asking them if they are carrying guns.
Perhaps we should call this initiative "STOP", or
S - Stop
T - Toronto's
O - (most) Obvious
P - Perpetrators
I assume this means that Counsellor Thompson is exempt from this...or has he forgotten that he, too, is a black man? Is there some type of swipe card mechanism that he has which enables him to engage in automatic bypassmode?
Anyhow, someone should alert Mr. Thompson that a program such as this already exists. We coloured folk know it by a different name. It's called
R-A-C-I-A-L P-R-O-F-I-L-I-N-G
Shana
Posted by Jason at August 16, 2005 10:37 AM
Comments
What year is this? What country again? Idiotic is too kind a word for this idea.
Posted by: Benchley at August 16, 2005 11:07 AM