Public Disorder & the Decline of Vancouver's Livability

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Sorry to challenge your calculation (which is correct) but I understand the four stranger attacks take place in the entire city, not just Downtown. (I'm sure Vin can check his extensive database of 'bad things that happened in Vancouver' to cofirm that). If that's the case, then the odds of a stranger attack in Downtown would be significantly lower than you suggested.

Got it. So that's actually 1 in 168,804 (4 out of 675,218), which means the average Vancouverite is more likely to be hit by a train.

[Vin]

And it keeps coming.....

48 hours in Vancouver: Two near-fatal stranger stabbings in two days
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/48-hours-vancouver-stranger-stabbings

Vancouver police launched an investigation on September 10, revealing that the 55-year-old victim suffered severe and life-altering injuries from the attack. However, he was able to call 911 after the suspect walked away.

Some quick research reveals that the next day, on September 11, the same suspect was charged with stabbing a 22-year-old Vancouver newcomer who almost lost his life.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Vin

And it keeps coming.....

You're actually reposting things. This is the police catching the offender.

But I'm sure you read the article and knew that.

Meanwhile 6 people are in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 1. I assume you'll be calling for the banning of cars?

[Vin]

[QUOTE=Changing City;9736599]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Since people who're scared by tabloids really suck at math, I'll make it easy: 4 out of 446,100 people headed downtown every day is about a 1:111,525 chance of something bad happening; I'm nine times more likely to be struck by lightning, and ~25x more likely to be hit by a car. Your obnoxious claim ain't gonna stop me or anybody else from walking down Granville.[/QUOTE

Sorry to challenge your calculation (which is correct) but I understand the four stranger attacks take place in the entire city, not just Downtown. (I'm sure Vin can check his extensive database of 'bad things that happened in Vancouver' to cofirm that). If that's the case, then the odds of a stranger attack in Downtown would be significantly lower than you suggested.

Random stranger attacks in Vancouver: the fear, the reality, the solutions
https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/rand...ouver-the-fear-the-reality-the-solutions

“In certain areas like the Downtown Eastside or the downtown core, that’s where we’re seeing (random assaults) more. But they do happen everywhere,” VPD Const. Tania Visintin said. “It’s a concern for all of our districts.”

[Vin]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

You're actually reposting things. This is the police catching the offender.

But I'm sure you read the article and knew that.

Meanwhile 6 people are in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 1. I assume you'll be calling for the banning of cars?

Not really. I posted about one crime, but not the other.

You can start a thread about head-on collisions for all I care. In this thread, we all know what we are talking about. Get with the programme will ya?

[Migrant_Coconut]

Meanwhile, 99.99991% of people were fine in downtown yesterday. Panic-mongers are entitled to focus on the 0.00000897% that make the headlines, just as the rest of us are entitled to brush it off.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Meanwhile 6 people are in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 1. I assume you'll be calling for the banning of cars?

Oh no not that!

Although as a non-car driver I'd be happy to see a lot less personal SOVs on the road and more shared rides - it would be a much more efficient use of space. I can take a pretty good guess what the reaction to that would be...

[Klazu]

We are truly living in a clown world. I gave Farnsworth some benefit of doubt on how he failed to act on the catastrophic flooding back in November but seems that he is just fool as most politicians.

Claiming that prolific crime and random attacks are about systemic racism and food security are real brain farts. None of the recommendation that the government plans on acting on will do nothing to reduce violent crime but will give profilic criminals free reign of Downtown streets. Since attempted manslaughter (conflict with sharp object) is already going unpunished, we are not far from murder being justified by someone experiencing temporary mental healt crisis.

The circus is session and clowns are running it.

https://www.burnabynow.com/bc-news/bc-re...ne-enforcement-is-not-the-answer-5853640

[Vin]

As far as I'm concerned, he was asking for it. Don't do drugs.....

Man sent flying after being struck by a VPD cruiser on the DTES (VIDEO)
https://www.facebook.com/148192078555388...Dtyhmqh2MhoKZLZWWQ2wb7GMctsKde6V7SRRTKl/

[NewfBC]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

You're actually reposting things. This is the police catching the offender.

But I'm sure you read the article and knew that.

Meanwhile 6 people are in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 1. I assume you'll be calling for the banning of cars?

This is because of a young woman high on drugs driving the wrong way on a highway. So.. she used a vehicle instead of a machete... *shrug*

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

You're actually reposting things. This is the police catching the offender.

But I'm sure you read the article and knew that.

Meanwhile 6 people are in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 1. I assume you'll be calling for the banning of cars?

She had a pot plant in the car (along with a whole bunch of other crap) and the cops were seen examining a "stuffed" animal toy and taking it away. And the icing on the cake: she had Alberta plates!

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

She had a pot plant in the car (along with a whole bunch of other crap) and the cops were seen examining a "stuffed" animal toy and taking it away. And the icing on the cake: she had Alberta plates!

Yeah, TBD if she was high, but obviously some terrible driving skills.

A pot plant is the equivalent of a sealed whisky bottle. Borderline meaningless.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Klazu

We are truly living in a clown world. I gave Farnsworth some benefit of doubt on how he failed to act on the catastrophic flooding back in November but seems that he is just fool as most politicians.

Claiming that prolific crime and random attacks are about systemic racism and food security are real brain farts. None of the recommendation that the government plans on acting on will do nothing to reduce violent crime but will give profilic criminals free reign of Downtown streets. Since attempted manslaughter (conflict with sharp object) is already going unpunished, we are not far from murder being justified by someone experiencing temporary mental healt crisis.

The circus is session and clowns are running it.

https://www.burnabynow.com/bc-news/bc-re...ne-enforcement-is-not-the-answer-5853640

The report is a joke. This is one of my favourites:

...it recommends the term “prolific offender” itself be dropped, “as this term not only perpetuates harm and stigma but also fails to address that these individuals lack security and safety.”...

https://globalnews.ca/news/9146422/bc-prolific-offender-report-critics/

The poor little dears bearing the stigma of being called a prolific offender. Maybe they just shouldn't commit so many crimes!

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by whatnext

The report is a joke. This is one of my favourites:

...it recommends the term “prolific offender” itself be dropped, “as this term not only perpetuates harm and stigma but also fails to address that these individuals lack security and safety.”...

https://globalnews.ca/news/9146422/bc-prolific-offender-report-critics/

Then they should be more accurate for each offender - a "45-offense offender", a "27-offense offender", etc. ....

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Then they should be more accurate for each offender - a "45-offense offender", a "27-offense offender", etc. ....

Could this be positive reinforcement for the police?

"What's your score for this week Michael?"

"Got mostly a bunch of 6 and 7 pointers but I scored a 33 pointer on Thursday so that's 68 for me."

"Damn you're on top of the leaderboard this week, congrats."

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Then they should be more accurate for each offender - a "45-offense offender", a "27-offense offender", etc. ....

Convictions: 35
Charges: 104
Total Crimes: countless

[Conrad Yablonski]

Translink flees Chinatown with it's chaos crime & filth


TransLink Customer Service Centre
New location, effective September 23. Note the Stadium—Chinatown location will be permanently closed.

Waterfront Station
#54 – 601 W. Cordova Street
Vancouver BC, V6B 1G1

Operating Hours
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on Saturday, Sunday, and statutory holidays.

[jollyburger]

Man charged in New West unprovoked assault

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with an unprovoked assault in New Westminster last week.

Police first put out a call to the public for help in identifying a suspect on Sept. 13 after the incident the day before.

Investigators say a woman called 9-1-1 around noon on Sept. 12 to say she had been assaulted in the area of 22nd Street and 7th Avenue.

She said a man had made “sexualized comments” to her before he knocked her to the ground and kicked her. Police say the woman then reported that the suspect “produced an item believed to be a knife and further threatened her.”

Police say a suspect description was then shared with the public. A 31-year-old Surrey man was eventually arrested in connection with this case.

Mounib Bouazza has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of assault.

Anyone who has additional information is asked to contact investigators at 604.525.5411 and quote file 22-13838.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/09/22/new-west-unprovoked-assault-charges/

Caught in Taiwan as well. Seems like he's into biting or spitting.

A Canadian citizen on a tourist visa, who was restricted from leaving the country while facing charges for sexually harassing two women in Taipei City in April, and then arrested again for harassing a woman on July 10, has been nabbed for the third time, after allegedly squeezing a woman’s buttocks on a bus.

Mounib Bouazza, 27, was arrested yesterday, July 24, after following a woman and attempting to strike up a conversation with her next to the Sanli TV Corporation in Neihu District at around 9:00am. The suspect followed the woman onto a bus. Shortly after the bus departed from the bus stop, the 36 year-old woman called out “color wolf!” – a local term for pervert, after Bouazza allegedly squeezed her buttock for 2-3 seconds. The bus driver responded by driving to the nearest police station where police officers boarded the bus and arrested Bouazza.

https://taiwanenglishnews.com/foreign-tourist-serial-harasser-strikes-again/

[CivicBlues]

^Too bad Taiwan rejected calls for introducing corporal punishment in the late 90s. Would have loved to see this asshole's buttocks "squeezed" by a rattan cane.

Nice job by the bus driver, I wonder how many Translink drivers would have done the same?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Convictions: 35
Charges: 104
Total Crimes: countless

That would go a ways to the public understanding the scope of the issues at hand.