Did you read about that guy?
Posted on June 8th, 2009 – 2 Comments“What’d you do on the weekend?”
“Not much. Raped and murdered a couple of women, had a few beers with friends on Saturday night; nothin’ special. You?”
“Oh, you know, same-old same-old. Finally got that raw fecal smell out of the apartment on Sunday; turned out that I hadn’t flushed in three weeks. Can you believe that shit?”
“I hear ya! So, did you read about that guy that got shot…”
It’s the same old boring water-cooler conversation every Monday, more or less. If it’s not about Oprah and her hijinx or the smell of poop in one’s apartment, it’s about the latest homicide in the city. It does seem like someone’s getting shot or stabbed almost every day recently, doesn’t it? In April there were 4 murders in an area stretching from Mississauga to Durham. June’s looking a bit busier so far.
I wonder if Toronto Police will be able to cope. Then again, some old photos I’d seen in the Toronto Archives remind me that men of the Service’s past have done far greater with far less. Submitted for your consideration:
(a lot of photos in this one…)
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