I decided to go for a walk last night, it was around nine thirty and it was dark out. I live literally 2 minutes from a convenience store and I wanted to grab a bottle of pop and a slice of pizza. I headed down the path out the back of my house and walked down the sidewalk that is adjacent to the forest that resides next to my house. I arrived at the store got what I came for then proceeded up the path. I heard footsteps running towards me so I turned around and saw two African American kids who were dressed in "gangster" clothing stop ten feet away from me. I decided not to run, I figured they were seeing whether I'd take off and drop my shit, so they decided to follow me all the way up to my back porch then they kept walking but doubled back a minute later probably to see if I actually lived there or, they probably thought I was just trying to throw them off. I went inside and put some shit down and my mom said that she saw the two teenagers peer through our window so she picked up the phone and they took off.
The thing that really pisses me off is that one or even both of these kids probably had previous charges for assault or theft yet they can hide under the Young Offenders Act as well as the fact that the Canadian Law system is a joke. Even if you do end up in jail it's usually for a short period time and we keep letting re-offenders back into society, that's the thing that gets me "re-offenders". We know certain people keep committing the same offenses except we don't harden the punishment. There was a group of kids who stomped a kid to death in the outskirts of Toronto and half of the kids got probation or less than a year in jail. I worked with one of the people who kicked this kid to death and he got a slap on the wrist, he just had to stay clear of any charges and show the court that he was still holding his job. Once his probation was up he quit and started dealing drugs full time.
The thing that really pisses me off is that one or even both of these kids probably had previous charges for assault or theft yet they can hide under the Young Offenders Act as well as the fact that the Canadian Law system is a joke. Even if you do end up in jail it's usually for a short period time and we keep letting re-offenders back into society, that's the thing that gets me "re-offenders". We know certain people keep committing the same offenses except we don't harden the punishment. There was a group of kids who stomped a kid to death in the outskirts of Toronto and half of the kids got probation or less than a year in jail. I worked with one of the people who kicked this kid to death and he got a slap on the wrist, he just had to stay clear of any charges and show the court that he was still holding his job. Once his probation was up he quit and started dealing drugs full time.
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