Thursday, May 25, 2006

Racism and Gun Violence in Toronto�s Black community

New Socialist Group: TORONTO: Racism and Gun Violence in Toronto�s Black community: "When her son Segun did not come home one night, Julia Farquharson became con-cerned. She had heard rumours from a neighbour that there was a shooting in the parking lot near her townhouse. When she saw the police yellow tape go up she ventured over to ask the police who had been shot. An officer asked to see her son�s picture. Julia returned with a photograph. Moments later a detective approached her and with a cold routineness said �Okay, we�re taking you down to the police station and then we�re taking you to the morgue.� "

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