22 June 2023

Keeping Criminals in Jail Is Unfair - Canadian Edition

Ontario has a car theft problem. Halton police chief warns auto theft now at 'epidemic proportions' | Toronto Sun

“The serious and very highly organized crime of auto theft has reached epidemic proportions in Ontario,” added [Halton Police Chief Steve] Tanner. “In Halton we had over 1,200 vehicles stolen in 2022 and in 2023 see an increase of 60% from those staggering numbers.”

Halton, Ontario is basically a portion of suburban Toronto.

You can click thru for the details of how they get out on bond fairly quickly, and go right back to stealing. Why do they? Because this is big business.

“The vehicles are most often destined for the Port of Montreal, where they are sold at tremendous profits,” said Tanner. “The cost to the insurance industry, and thereby to all Ontarians, would be in the billions of dollars.

Justice is not the same as Social Justice. Stamping out crime is one of the core duties of government, and it seems that in cities all over North America, the Criminal Justice System has decided that is mean. Or something.

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