Crime and the City

Most cities have their share of crime...but none of them seem to accept it so much as Vancouver does. Here because of the warmer weather out west we get more than our share of the destitute. With the destitute come the drugs, and with drugs come crime. With Canadas lenient laws which seem to do their best to put criminals back out on the streets again, despite countless reoffences, it seems no one is amazed and shocked that these people are free to run around and commit crimes, and the public are only to happy to accept it since, "well it was the drugs".

check this out: www.baitcar.com, a website setup by the authorities here to publisize a program to deter car theft. have a look at this one in particular http://baitcar.com/video/oncoming . This individual has 123 convictions against him between 97 and 04, and yet he is still not incarcerated!!! What are the authorities doing here to protect the innocent civilians??? This individual has stolen more than 1000 vehicles... and guess what his sentence was.... 4 years... and now guess what...he's writing a book!!! http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a1d44b96-645d-468f-8a8c-65910351e4c1

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=46394c1e-a2fa-401c-8017-b18659a14811

And now he's made out to be some kind of hero... Lets not forget, he's an adult who made choices and endangered the lives of everyone.

Vancouver has the hightest rates of car theft in North America...resulting in the most insane insurance premiums imaginable. But wheres the uproar? Where are the activist groups? The funny thing is, I would be in more trouble if i were doing 15km/h above the speed limit, than I would be if I were caught selling drugs on hastings st here..... for me speeding would incur a fine or $100 or more, and possibly increased premiums on my drivers license. for a drug dealer, police pretty much just ignore them, as they operate on the doorstep of the cities largest police office on main st without any fear...