Another Shooting in Toronto-What a Dump That Place Is

spaminator · Jul 29, 2019

Foundation honouring 10-year-old Danforth shooting victim launched
Canadian Press
Published:
July 28, 2019
Updated:
July 28, 2019 5:02 PM EDT
Julianna Kozis
Family, friends and loved ones of Julianna Kozis gathered Sunday for the launch of a foundation that will support grieving families in honour of the 10-year-old who was killed during a shooting in Toronto’s Greektown last year.
At a park in their hometown of Markham, Ont., a spokesman for the family said the Just Do Kindness Foundation will support the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre to commemorate Kozis, who died along with Reese Fallon in the July 2018 shooting that also injured 13 and left the 29-year-old gunman dead.
“To see all that Julianna and Reese had to offer this world, although that has been taken away from all of us, what was not is their kind spirit and nature that will carry on. That kind nature also lives in all of us,” he said.
“This day is not just about the launch of the foundation. It’s about our community, has come together to remember Julianna and honour her in a loving and peaceful way.”
The grief centre provides support to hundreds of children, youth and families facing grief, terminal illness and traumatic loss.
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On the Just Do Kindness fundraising page, Kozis’ family said they created the foundation to honour the memory of Julianna and the kindness she embodied in life.
With two weeks left to fundraise, the foundation had raised more than $33,000 by Sunday afternoon — almost $10,000 more than their fundraising goal. The family’s spokesman said the extra money will be used to fund Camp Kindness “for the following years and years to come.”
Markham’s mayor, Frank Scarpitti, attended the event after earlier planting a tree in honour of Kozis’ memory.
“A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam, and for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world,” Scarpitti said of Kozis. “Then it flies on again, and although we wish it could’ve stopped, we are so thankful to have seen it at all.”
The announcement of the foundation comes less than one week after the anniversary of the Danforth shooting, which saw community members gather to commemorate the victims.
A vigil was held Monday at sunset and was led by Toronto Paramedic Services’ Rev. Walter Kelly.
http://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...10-year-old-danforth-shooting-victim-launched

Curious Cdn · Jul 29, 2019

Walter said:
Yes, cuz legal guns keep us safe from the gubmint. Just ask any victims of genocide if they would have been better off to have had guns to protect themselves from their gubmint.

Why are you afraid of the lawful gubmint? Are you some sort of seditious anarchist? A Yankee spy? A revolutionary? An enemy of the Canadian people? A traitorous wretch?

spaminator · Nov 30, 2019

CSIS took an interest in Danforth shooting, new docs confirm
Anthony Furey
Published:
November 28, 2019
Updated:
November 28, 2019 6:14 AM EST
Canada’s national intelligence agency took an interest in the Danforth shooting for at least six months after the tragic event unfolded, new “top secret” documents obtained by the Toronto Sun confirm for the first time.
The heavily redacted documents show that CSIS produced their first SITREP – a situation report – at 7 a.m. the morning after the July 22, 2018 shooting that left three dead, including the gunman Faisal Hussain, and 13 others injured
Two subsequent SITREPs were then called for two hours later and a third at 3 p.m. that afternoon, along with what’s described in documents as a “table tour” meeting that took place that day.
The following day, an internal e-mail shows CSIS decided to “cease producing daily sitreps, and will revert to normal reporting protocols as new information is learned/obtained regarding this event.”
Discussion about the event continued throughout that month and into August, with the final correspondence on the matter occurring in December.
The details of the correspondence, as well as what was in the reports and discussed in the meetings, is not known due to significant redactions.
CSIS documents about the Danforth shooting given to Anthony Furey on Wednesday November 27, 2019. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun)
The material received by the Sun was only what was deemed “releasable material” and seven different exemptions allowed under freedom of information laws were cited for not releasing portions of the files, including that some content “relates to the efforts of Canada towards detecting, preventing or suppressing subversive or hostile activities”.
There is no indication in the documents either way as to whether CSIS had information about the Danforth shooting that has not already been publicly disclosed. What little information the documents do offer, though, shows that CSIS was involved in running checks – presumably on Faisal Hussain – and that they sought “any atmospherics on the shooting.” It is unknown what they found.
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However, the simple fact that CSIS was involved in the response effort has never been confirmed until now.
The day after the shooting, then-public safety minister Ralph Goodale’s office stated “there is no national security nexus to the investigation” and would not answer questions at the time about whether CSIS was participating in the investigation.
Another unexplained element of the files is why the correspondence and documents received the classification they did. Some files are marked “Top Secret” and “Top Secret / Canadian Eyes Only.”
“Top Secret”, according to the formal government definition, “applies to information or assets that, if compromised, could cause exceptionally grave injury to the national interest.”
CSIS documents about the Danforth shooting given to Anthony Furey on Wednesday November 27, 2019. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun)
The remaining files are marked “secret,” which is defined as information that “could cause serious injury to the national interest.”
The bulk of the meetings and reports appear to have occurred in the days immediately following the shooting that left Torontonians reeling and looking for answers. But almost two weeks later – on Aug. 3 – CSIS correspondence reveals discussion of an upcoming meeting involving the issue and their expectations of receiving a related package the following week.
Earlier this year, in June, the Toronto Police Service released its long-awaited report on the shooting. While the report offered new details about the contents of Faisal Hussain’s apartment – including the 9/11 conspiracy theory videos in his possession – it ultimately found no evidence that the gunman received any assistance or guidance and offered zero insights into his motives.
afurey@postmedia.com

http://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...nterest-in-danforth-shooting-new-docs-confirm

Hoid · Nov 30, 2019

Curious Cdn said:
Why are you afraid of the lawful gubmint? Are you some sort of seditious anarchist? A Yankee spy? A revolutionary? An enemy of the Canadian people? A traitorous wretch?

The racist is worried about genocide.

Which is hilarious.

JLM · Nov 30, 2019

If a shooting in a population of 3 million makes a place a dump, what place isn't?

spaminator · Dec 18, 2019

WARMINGTON: Danforth shooting victims hope $150M lawsuit brings change
Joe Warmington
Published:
December 17, 2019
Updated:
December 17, 2019 7:16 PM EST
For Ken Price, there’s nothing he wouldn’t do to make sure no other family has to endure what those victimized on the Danforth last year had to.
“It shouldn’t have happened,” he said of the mass shooting that killed two people and wounded 13 others, including his daughter Samantha. “It should never happen again.”
And that is the heart and soul behind the decision of some of the victims of the July 22, 2018 attack to file a $150-million lawsuit against gunmaker Smith & Wesson,
Along with Price and his daughter Samantha Price, Claire Smith, and Patrick and Jane McLeod and their daughter Skye McLeod are all named as plaintiffs in the suit that would include all the families of the slain and wounded should damages be awarded.
Price understands no amount of money will bring back Julianna Kozis, 10, or Reese Fallon, 18. Or heal the wounds of those who survived being shot by a .40-calibre semi-automatic Smith & Wesson handgun.
But, he said, what could come out of it is change.
“The handgun was negligently designed and manufactured in that Smith & Wesson failed to incorporate authorized user (smart gun) technology,” states the suit. “Smart gun technology is a personalized firearm safety measure that prevents unauthorized users, like the gunman who used the stolen handgun in the Danforth shooting, from firing the weapon.”
The allegation is that Smith & Wesson had the technology to do this but did not integrate it into production.
Julianna Kozis, 10, was murdered in the 2018 Danforth shooting.
Had the company done so, said Price, the shooter would not have been able to operate the gun since it was stolen and he was not the owner.
It could one day mean that no illegal gun could be used in any crime by someone who doesn’t have the code or fingerprint to activate it.
“The defendant owed a duty to the (plaintiffs) to ensure that any handguns it made available on the Canadian market were designed and manufactured to implement technology that would prevent unauthorized users from causing the very type of harm and injury suffered,” states the claim.
Now, you will notice the lawsuit focuses on the gun and not the person who pulled the trigger. Price said they are well aware that it was Faisal Hussain who fired the gun and that he was also responsible.
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His point is that if promised technology had have been implemented by the manufacturer, Hussain would not have been able to utilize the weapon in the first place.
As Price reminds, the physical, emotional and psychological damages caused by this crime to the families of the slain girls and those who were wounded are catastrophic. They suffer the pain every day.
In his family’s case, his “brave” daughter survived and was able to go off to university as planned and have a chance at her life.
But for the Kozis and Fallon families, their daughters are dead.
Danforth shooting victim Reese Fallon. (Facebook)
“It hurts,” Price told the Sun in an interview. “It hurts those who survived and it hurts the whole community.”
He hopes the lawsuit brings about some change in the approach to guns.
Lawyer Edward Prutschi told Newstalk 1010’s John Moore on Tuesday that while it will be an uphill battle to win the case in court, it could spark discussion about smart gun technology.
My feeling is it’s a conversation worth having. Why not tailor every gun to be operated only by the person who owns it and is licensed to use it?
It’s like that with cellphones and computers and many other things. Perhaps technology could be a way going forward to take the guns away from criminals while not stifling the rights of legal and law-abiding gun owners.
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— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) December 17, 2019
That — or a substantial payout to the victims — will not change what happened on the Danforth in 2018. But it would mean the deaths and wounds that came out of that day led to something that so far no government or police force has been able to accomplish.
“We want to protect others from going through something like this,” said Price.
And that, in the names of those who paid the ultimate cost, is a noble pursuit.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
Danforth shooting Statement of Claim by CynthiaMcLeodSun on Scribd