Public Disorder & the Decline of Vancouver's Livability

[jollyburger]

Vancouver police say a man has been arrested and charged after a suspect pointed what appeared to be a gun at two different people and assaulted one of them.

Police say two women were getting out of a ride-share in the area of Powell Street and Heatley Avenue Thursday around 2:30 p.m. when they were approached by a stranger.

The man allegedly pointed the gun at one of the women’s heads, and made a comment about her being a VPD officer — which she is not.

The suspect left and the women called 9-1-1.

The VPD says a short time later, a man was assaulted at a nearby bus stop, with the suspect pointing a gun at the victim’s face. Police did not elaborate on the extent of any injuries the man suffered, if any.

“As a precaution, police deployed additional armed officers at all VPD buildings while officers searched for the suspect,” police explained.

A man was arrested about an hour later, around 3:45 p.m., in the area of Hastings and Gore streets.

Vancouver police say 31-year-old Korey Muskett has been charged with various offences, including assault with a weapon, using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, and assault.

According to the VPD, the man remains in custody until his next court date.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/0...t-gun-assault/

Abbotsford Most Wanted (far left)

Name: Muskett, Korey

Born: July 12, 1992

Age: 24

Height: 6'3" (190cm)

Weight: 180 (81kg)

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Marks: Tattoo of Skeleton lt4arm

Wanted: Assault Bodily Harm, Assault, Forcible Confinement

Warrant in Effect: Oct 26, 2016

https://www.abbynews.com/news/crimes...wanted-1755336

[Vin]

For those advocating drug use decriminalization as a great idea and used Portugal and Oregon as awesome examples, I would like to hear from you on this regard:

Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...-heroin-crack/

Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization effort faces rollback
https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...tion-fentanyl/

From this:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/0...tugal-00148872

Oregon Sen. Tim Knopp, the Republican minority leader, called the idea underlying the decriminalization movement — that people will seek treatment on their own — a fantasy and rejected the argument that the policy needed more time to show results.

“The only thing that was happening with more time is our overdose deaths were on a skyrocketing trajectory,” he said.

Knopp’s advice to other jurisdictions: Get tough on drugs, while building treatment infrastructure.

“The new compassion can’t be that we’re going to let people die more slowly,” he said.

Democrats increasingly see things similarly. Tough-on-drugs policies are taking hold again in Democrat-led cities.

Voters in progressive San Francisco earlier this month approved a proposal by Mayor London Breed to screen and mandate addiction treatment for people receiving welfare.

Washington, D.C., revived a 1990s law allowing the police to designate drug-free zones for up to five days to stop drug trafficking and loitering.

And states, including California, have passed or are considering laws increasing penalties for fentanyl dealers.

If “people feel like public order and public safety are deteriorating around them, you will lose the citizenry and you will lose the politicians,” said Brandon Del Pozo, an adjunct professor teaching international drug policy at Georgetown University.

“Nationwide now, decriminalization is going to be off the table for a while,” he said.

Of course, here in BC, we are just sheep following what others do......so expect another half to a year or so and I think NDP will also change the course on this as well.

[Metro-One]

A lot of European nations and other areas of the world are now putting the breaks on the more wacky far left ideas (gender affirming care in kids, open drug use, etc…) But Canada seems to have yet to get the memo, and is tripling down on very flawed ideas.

Canada’s MAID program is now frequently being used as a cautionary tale of a slippery slope in other nations where the assisted suicide debate has surfaced. Another extremely flawed program that started with good intentions, but has now gone too far and will take the focus and research away from treatment to the easy way out. From soldiers with PTSD to people with depression now, awful program.

It’s actually sad how much Canada has fallen in the last decade relative to its peer nations.

The worst affordability, the lowest production per capita among the G7, the worst performing health care system now of the G7 per dollar spent, and of course the drug epidemic. The. There is the humiliating things like being left out of the military pact between Japan, the US and Australia.

And these stats are also being reported in left leaning media organizations too, so it’s not a right wing conspiracy.

In general when I moved to Japan 11 years ago Canada and Australia seemed to be on equal footing regarding general knowledge and positive reception. Over the last few years I have personally witness Canada fall by the wayside and Australia’s presence increase dramatically.

And you can’t blame the pandemic on this! Because the pandemic was everywhere and this is all our performance relative to our peers.

[Migrant_Coconut]

The fact that Vancouver's current detox centre is full is proof enough that many drug users will willingly quit on their own. We need the bigger facility built yesterday.

[Metro-One]

For clarity I am actually for a safe drug supply, but it must be couple with a complete ban (that is enforced) on open drug use in public. No more junkies shooting up in parks and alleyways. You use the drugs at the facility. And only such official facilities. No morons with mobile vans going around with their “safe” drug supplies who then ironically die of an OD themselves.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

A lot of European nations and other areas of the world are now putting the breaks on the more wacky far left ideas (gender affirming care in kids, open drug use, etc…) But Canada seems to have yet to get the memo, and is tripling down on very flawed ideas.

Canada’s MAID program is now frequently being used as a cautionary tale of a slippery slope in other nations where the assisted suicide debate has surfaced. Another extremely flawed program that started with good intentions, but has now gone too far and will take the focus and research away from treatment to the easy way out. From soldiers with PTSD to people with depression now, awful program.

Very little in your comment has anything to do with public disorder as it relates to liveability in Vancouver. Your understanding of MAiD in Canada is entirely inaccurate. Currently, unlike countries like Belgium or the Netherlands, mental disorders including PTSD or depression do not allow individuals to access MAID.

PTSD is commonly associated with higher rates of suicide by former soldiers, and members of the police force, which is almost certainly a much greater problem than any future potential for accesssing MAiD. In Belgium and The Netherlands, less than 2% of those seeking MAiD had solely mental health reasons, and studies found that middle-aged and elderly women with depression comprised the majority of these requests.

[jollyburger]

Victim was Indo Canadian again.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed after one man was found dead on the waterfront of White Rock, B.C., on Tuesday, according to police.

White Rock RCMP says it received a report of a man suffering from apparent stab wounds around 9:30 p.m. PT in the 15400-block of Marine Drive, a few blocks east of the White Rock Pier.

Staff Sgt. Rob Dixon said the man died at the scene. While officers arrived at the scene within minutes of the report, they couldn't find the suspect, Dixon said.

The suspect is described as a Black man who is five feet, 11 inches tall. Police say he was wearing a hat and a grey hoodie, and his hood was pulled up over the hat.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...cide-1.7183120

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Victim was Indo Canadian again.



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...cide-1.7183120

The fact that the police released a racial description of the suspect indicates how seriously they're taking this, as generally they don't do that anymore. It seems like random attacks on Indo-Canadians.

[kja384]

Scary stuff! Like any reasonable person the mayor is saying to exercise extreme caution, while the RCMP is saying there's nothing to worry about.
I also thought it was odd how they originally didn't include race in the earliest publications and added it a bit afterwards, I hope it wasn't intentional. At least they said Black and not "dark skinned" like Vancouver lol.

If anyone was curious, here is Vancouver & Surrey's racial arrest data. Page 40-46 and 97-101. This is arrests only, not street checks/detainment.
https://bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/...statistics.pdf

It's pretty insane how Black people barely have a history in Surrey and are all new immigrants, yet have the highest arrest rate.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by kja384

Scary stuff! Like any reasonable person the mayor is saying to exercise extreme caution, while the RCMP is saying there's nothing to worry about.
I also thought it was odd how they originally didn't include race in the earliest publications and added it a bit afterwards, I hope it wasn't intentional. At least they said Black and not "dark skinned" like Vancouver lol.

April 22

The suspect is described as a black male, wearing a ball cap and a grey hoodie.