Meet Mohamed Jeylani, who died on Wednesdsay afternoon after a stabbing in Scarborough, the eastern part of Toronto, the most multicultural city in the world (according to Mayor John Jello.) He was identified by all three of the city's major news outlets --CTV, CBC and Global TV -- as "a man from the United States". He was from an unidentified city in Minnesota, likely not unadjacent to Minneapolis, which is home to a large community of Somali refugees "new Americans".
Inspector Knacker of the Metropolitan Police said his minions were searching for a man believed to be about 20 to 25 years old, 5' 11", with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a dark hooded top and light-coloured pants at the time of the stabbing. The identifying factor which was omitted from the CBC and Global reports, and quickly deleted from the CTV story, is that the suspect was, errr, black.
Mr Jeylani's death was Toronto's first homicide of 2021. That it was so late in the new year must be one of the benefits of the Covid "crisis" lockdown!
Walt wonders what this "American man" was doing in Toronto. In theory, the World's Longest Undefended Border (TM) is closed, except for "essential workers" or others who are exempt because they are needed in both countries. Like hockey players. I wonder what kind of "essential work" Mr Jeylani was engaged in.
Last night, CTV reported that Ontario's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a man was shot during an interaction with Toronto police. The cops spotted a "a vehicle of interest" in the parking lot of Church’s Chicken (!), near Midland Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East, the very same part of Scarberia where the homicide occurred.
As officers attempted to block in the vehicle, the vehicle rammed into the police vehicles. An "interaction" follwed, the Special Investigations Unit said, and "an officer discharged their[sic] firearm" and struck one of two people they were investigating. The two individuals were later taken into custody, police said.
A 31-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Two police officers were also taken to hospital with unknown injuries.
Inspector Singh (Hey, it's Toronto!) said he could not provide further details about the incident, such as the identity of the "individuals". Nor would he comment on a possible link with the stabbing of Mr Jeylani. End of story. Nothing here to see, folks.
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