Two "Abdi" stories from the Great No-longer-white North

What (I hear you ask) is an "Abdi"? Here's a definition from the Urban Dictionary: Name, used excessively by Somalians. Usually with an add-on. Also taken on by Afro-Americans.
Immigration: So what are your boys' names?
Father: Abdikerim, Abdikhalif, Abdisalaam, abdi-abdi, Abdi-A, O.G. Abdi, and The Original Abdi.
Immigration: That's a lot of Abdis.
Father: Yes.
Immigration: I take it you're Somali?
Father: How did you know?

Ah yes, Somali. From Somalia. If ever a country deserved to be called a "shithole", it would be Somalia. No wonder hundreds of thousands of Somalis are migrating to Europe and North America, where they holler "Refugee! Refugee!" and immediately become taxi drivers. Well, OK, maybe that's just in Minneapolis. Anyway, here are true stories about two Abdis who have been mentioned this week in dispatches from north of the World's Longest Undefended Border. [Any word on when the Canucks are going to build a wall? Ed.]

This is Abdoul Abdi, a 23-year-old former refugee from Somalia who the Canuckistan government has been trying for some time to deport. He came to Nova Scotia at the tender age of six, along with his sister and his aunties -- chain immigration personified -- but, since his relatives proved unable or unwilling to look after him or his sister, both kids were taken into care by the province almost immediately upon landing. Since then, he has been shuffled between foster homes and a number of correctional institutions. Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services never applied for him to become a Canadian citizen, and he now faces possible deportation because of his criminal past.

Mr Abdi was recently released from prison after doing time as Her Majesty's guest for charges including aggravated assault. He was "gated" -- taken back into custody -- by the Canadian Border Services Agency immediately upon his release. The usual gang of snowflakes and SJWs are petitioning for his release. "I don't think it's right," his older sister Fatouma Abdi told the meeja. "The government didn't get us our Canadian citizenship and now they're trying to give my brother a death sentence. If he goes back home, he will get killed." Wouldn't that be too bad.

And here's Adam Abdi -- no relation to Abdoul, or at least none that "authorities" in Toronto are prepared to talk about. They are similarly reluctant to disclose his country of origin, status in Canada, or religion. (Hint: He's a Muslim "refugee" from Somalia.) All they will say is that he's a 20-year-old resident of the ghetto that is Brampton ON, and was arrested yesterday after a series of senseless shootings in northwest Toronto.

This Mr Abdi now faces 48 charges in connection with five separate shootings in the city over the past month. Inspector Knacker said the first shooting occurred at around 4 PM on January 9th. A 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl were standing in the hallway of a building when police say a man armed with a gun approached the building from outside and started shooting. The male victim sustained a non-life-threatening wound; the girl was not injured.

A week later, another shooting was reported at mid-afternoon in a nearby 'hood. A 47-year-old man was standing outside a building when a man with a gun approached him and shot him. On January 20th, in the same area, a 20-year-old man was walking around about 4:30 PM when a man got out of a vehicle and opened fire.

The next day, again in the same area, a man and a four-year-old girl were sitting in a parked car at around 3:30 PM when an armed suspect began to shoot at them. The man and the girl were not injured. Just hours later, police say the suspect struck again, shooting at a 19-year-old man walking in a neighbourhood a couple of miles to the northwest. The cops say the suspect was in a vehicle when he stopped beside the man walking along the street and rolled down his window. They say he then produced a gun and began shooting at the other man before fleeing the scene.

Toronto police allege that the man they arrested yesterday, identified as Adam Abdi, was responsible for all five shootings. He is facing numerous charges, including seven counts of attempted murder, five counts of possessing a restricted or prohibited firearm, and five counts of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, endanger life, or prevent arrest. What was Mr Abdi's motive for this extended shooting spree? The police say they have no idea.

An even better question, IMHO, is whether either Abdi will ever be deported, or whether they will remain in Canada for the rest of their miserable lives, alternating between incarceration and terrorizing Canadian citizens. Any read who thinks either one will be deported is invited to send a dollar -- Canadian or American -- to Walt at the usual address. If you're right, I'll send you a hundred bucks. Good luck!

Further reading on WWW: "Brampton a ghetto? How can they say that?", 13/6/16; "Why no-one wants to take in Somali 'refugees'", 16/10/17.