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John Tory, Mayor of the City of Toronto.
(CANADIAN PRESS / Chris Young)
To address the problem of gun violence in the City of Toronto that has killed 22 people since the beginning of the year , the authorities should aim more
Increase the number of agents in certain neighborhoods or restore repressive practices of the crime that they will only be able to push it towards other sectors of the city, indicates Jooyoung Lee, professor of sociology at the University of Toronto.
According to Professor Lee, a longer-term approach that takes into account urban and intergenerational poverty, as well as discrimination in employment, would help visible minority youth improve their situation.
Toronto has been shaken by a wave of gun violence that has killed 22 people since the beginning of 2018. Only since Friday is June 29, 11 people have been gun victims.
Ernest "Kosi" Modekwe, 28, (right) with his mother and brothers. Ernest died Saturday while he was with Smoke Dawg. (Photo: CANADIAN PRESS / HO, Chinasa Modekwe)
Last Saturday, rapper Jahvante Smart, 21, known as Smoke Dawg, and Ernest Modekwe, 28, were killed in broad daylight. A woman was also injured in the same shooting. Sunday night, near Kesington Park, 4 people were injured during a shootout. This Tuesday morning, a man was wounded in another shootout not far from the city center.
The mayor of the city, John Tory and police chief, Mark Saunders, agree that organized crime is responsible for this wave of violence. Chief Saunders says that "being specific, strategic and focused on gang subculture" is one of his main concerns. According to him, it is necessary to better know these gangs instead of intensifying the police presence in certain areas of the city.
But even though the mayor of Canada's largest city, John Tory, promises to stop this wave of violence and Judge it unacceptable, statistics show that the solution to the problem of violence generated by gangs Toronto is not an easy task.
According to police statistics, between January 1, 2018 and June 25, there were 199 cases of firearms use in Toronto and 22 people lost their lives. And if this pace is maintained, 2018 will become the fourth consecutive year to see an increase in incidents with guns in the city.
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