Gangs in CanadaGangs in CanadaNowadays, gangs have become part of a regular society. Some are small and some are big, but they are spreading everywhere. Recently, gangs in Canada have been becoming a part of a large network working together – all sharing the same goal – FAST MONEY! Mafia and gangster movies plus
hardcore rap music are a perfect provoking recipee for these gang members to cause ruckus. Also ayouth growing up without a father can be put into a situation where he has to trust or depend on gang members. More than three quarters of Toronto residents say that the city is now a more dangerous place, than compared to five-six years ago. These growing gangs in Canada, especially in Toronto and Scarborough area, have been getting worse in the last six years and have been the cause of much rising violence in Canada.
In 2005, a notorious gang in Toronto called Malvern Crew was raided, sixty-five alleged gang members were arrested as a result. Torontos police officers made early morning arrest making the largest anti-gang take down in the citys history. These gang members seem to have been heavily influenced by rap music and mafia flicks – some police officers say, during the raid of the malvern crew, alot of mafia movies like Scarface, The Godfather, and rap music such as of 50 cent and G-Unit were seized. The influence of these movies can be seen on the streets when you see local gangsters calling themself Scarface inspired by the role Al Pacino” played in the 1983 film, Scarface. Rappers like 50 cent are also a bad influence on these teenage gang members. The influences of these rappers can also be seen on the streets, when you hear them listening to songs called I do mine the fast way, Ski mask way and then actually see them doing it for real. The behavior and attitude of these guys are mirrored to those rappers and characters from songs, videos, and movies.
Another reason for the rising violence in Toronto and Scarborough areas are the low-incomeneighbourhoods and youths that are living without their fathers. Kids in these low-income neighbourhoods are mostly fatherless, living with just their mothers. At a young age, these kids
require a sense of security which they would normally get from their fathers, but in the absenceof their fathers, they get that security by being mean, being tough or being in gangs. An estimated 90 percent are single parent familes, majority of them headed by women in these Toronto housing projects. When the mothers are gone to their low-income jobs, the kids are usually getting raised by their siblings or the T.V. Also, some of these women bring boyfriends at home, who usually turns out to be abusive towards the woman or her kid. Eventually the kid starts to reflect back on what he sees. All these kids in the housing projects end up getting together because they all share the same experiences, the same anger towards society
The Toronto police have recently published an article about the “bogus” culture. In the article they call it “the patriarchy of the Toronto housing market”. I guess the “bogus” stereotype was the idea that you could fit in with and be nice to a guy, but that you didn’t. Not so here. The article has been published by the Toronto Police Service of Alberta, which describes the Vancouver homeless as a “toxic race” and how they are “maintaining their silence on” the homeless being “targeted by a criminal organization called the Anti-Homeless Service”. Also the report says that, “This is not a new situation, and there’s been some recent work that suggests that, once the victim has found out about the anti-homeless service, they could be targeted at a place.” It’s true that the Toronto Police Service have been working with the B.C. Ministry of Housing, but it’s a very different story. The department in their letter says that in the six years they’ve had these stories, they have never seen a homeless population. They have seen two people who had just broken into a car and were looking for a home. In the last five years they’ve seen a total of 13 homeless occupants, of which 11 had broken through the door at any given time. We know from the Toronto Times where the first arrest for homelessness was reported, but this study is by far more specific. While they’d expect that any serious-sounding report would describe a large numbers of individuals being victimized at some point in their lives, they never actually observe any “people breaking into cars” in real life. Most police officers and police officers are in the community and have to have a clear understanding of how to respond to individuals and situations, which is what’s important to understanding the impact of the anti-homeless service, or if I’m speaking as an unwell-behaved young male, it’s the police that are being targeted and targeted. When you do this you make sure that the city is listening. When other police or police officers try to talk with you, they can get into your head and say “I know this isn’t what you wanted in the first place, and you deserve it, but… I will be your friend”. They’re also getting increasingly angry at you for expressing some personal experience and you get more and more upset. I don’t mean they’re trying to force you to do something or make a change, but if they do it makes their life easier for you if everyone will hear it and will react as one would in a child’s experience. “The problem with the homeless is that they are the bad guys!” said Mr. McElvrin, who works in a police force where the population ratio is 80 percent, and he does not think that the homeless are a race problem. “It has been a rough