Toronto police chief Bill Blair (formerly head of the Blair Witchhunt Project) has joined the chorus of chatterers bemoaning "racial profiling" and the "targetting" of certain groups by the police, who of course are infected with systemic racism.
Blair agrees with those who say that "African-Canadians" are "over-policed". Say what?! Wait just a damn minute...
First, Walt rejects this latest racially sensitive appellation for our fellow citizens of the coloured persuasion. African-Canadians? Get real! Although we've had an influx of refugees from the Horn of Africa in recent years, the majority of those claiming to be "targetted" are from the Caribbean. If they ever went to Africa to find their roots, they'd hightail it back to the Americas so fast they'd melt into butter. (Like the tigers in Little Black Sambo? ed.) African-Canadians... ridiculous!
Now let's talk about "over-policing". The claim is that the police keep stopping and arresting black people ... or African-Canadians or whatever they are. Well, there's a reason for that! As any watcher of the TV news knows, the majority of people involved in violent crimes -- perps and victims alike -- are black.
Black-on-black crime is a fact of life in Toronto. That's why the jails are full of them. And that's why the cops arrest them. It's not because the cops discriminate. They can bully white gays and Chinese shopkeepers just as easily, maybe even more easily, than blacks. But when it comes to rounding up the usual suspects of a shooting at the corner of Jane and Finch, it's just common sense to start with the Juniors and Winstons.
I am mystified why anyone would identify themselves as coming from a continent that is ravaged by genocide, corruption,sectarian murders and rape etc. and exports aids,hurricanes and under achieving criminals.
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