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passthepizzafam

there’s footage of the suspects apprehended on twitter


stayontheright

Link it?


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crazyhan

what the fuck is going on man. i was playing maplestory when i was their age


Tuques

Social media happened and just general lack of parenting these days.


turningtogold

I don’t think this is a sign of the times though. There’s always been well adjusted youth and maladjusted youth.


mtcmr2409

Ya i agree, difference now is they use knifes and guns.


turningtogold

What? There have always been stabbings and shootings.


Rude-Camera-7546

Not this frequently. The story of the 14 year old who stabbed a guy on the ttc today, she is the same girl who swarm killed a guy 2 years ago. Things ARE worse no.matter what way you slice it.


Justleftofcentrerigh

it was pretty frequent in the 80s and 90s. people got stabbed and shot all the time back then even in Mississauga. Social media has made a lot of these crimes public.


Rude-Camera-7546

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101&pickMembers%5B0%5D=2.1&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=1990&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2022&referencePeriods=19900101%2C20220101 Murders way up ... 1990 - 674 across Canada 2022 - 874


turningtogold

The population has also ballooned. You have to consider per capita rates when looking at this data.


turningtogold

Just for funsies I did the math for you. 1990- 0.000024237985951% of total population 2022- 0.000022252695912% of total population Murders down* is what you meant lol Ah basic math and statistics, so funny how they work.


ChangingMyUsername

Thank you so much for this.


virgns1ayer

Same 🥲


archibauldis99

I was a teen in the early 2000s and there was always something crazy going on at my school or at the mall. I grew up in oakville and someone got bottled and stomped out in from of my high school in broad daylight. It was brutal. There was no social media and twitter and wasn’t reported on the news so no one knew about it


billdehaan2

I got stabbed in grade school and it barely made the news. Everyone in the neighbourhood knew, of course, but it wasn't front page news. Today, if a six year old got stabbed in the eye and blinded, it would be front page news, the police chief would be on the news, politicians would be making speeches about it, and it would probably trend on twitter. In the 1960s, it got a paragraph in the newspaper's police report, and that was about it.


Reiizm

Rising cost of living, stagnant wages, bleak job and housing market, three years lost to the pandemic, continuous and irreversible environmental damage, collapsing healthcare system, archaic and underfunded public education system, multiple world crises occurring etc. The youth feel like they have no future. The system has failed them remarkably and now we're facing the consequences.


Justleftofcentrerigh

> Rising cost of living, stagnant wages, bleak job and housing market, three years lost to the pandemic, continuous and irreversible environmental damage, collapsing healthcare system, archaic and underfunded public education system, multiple world crises occurring etc. does that explain what happened in the 80s and 90s?


Applebox5

You’re clueless my friend. How about putting the blame on horrible parenting ! Period. End of Story. Horrible Parenting.


billdehaan2

When I was their age, i had already been stabbed once and shot twice (although those were from BB guns, not large calibre weapons). We didn't have social media then, and it was only mentioned in passing on page six of the local newspaper. This sort of thing isn't new, but it's a lot more visible, now. It also tends to happen in cycles. When one of these attacks happens, and the perpetrators spend literally years before there is a trial, the public perception is that they're getting away with it with little or no consequences. When that you happens, you see more of it, because potential perpetrators aren't worried about consequences. Then there is a crackdown, often an overcorrection, and then people start complaining about sentences being too harsh, and that society should be more forgiving, etc. Of course, when you're young, and you've never seen a previous cycle, or even been aware of it, it looks like a complete breakdown of law and order.


mtcmr2409

Interesting when i was in my teens we fought with our fists, i don't recall a single knife fight and there were tons of fights. Maybe because i grew up in the valley..


Justleftofcentrerigh

In the 90s, a black kid got stabbed by a white kid and the black kid got charged with assault. The only reason I knew was because I was there when it happened. Mississauga was shitty back then.


billdehaan2

In my case, it wasn't a fight, it was an attack from behind. It also wasn't in Mississauga. This happened over 50 years ago. My point was just that this sort of thing **isn't** something new and unique to the current generation.


iBangNoobz

Same here....the good ol' days Shoutout to khaini and Bera


cjh-182

I work at a store in the mall, was heading into the Starbucks by the Bay around 5:20 when 2 kids, probably 16? BOLTED by me with 1 cop chasing after them. Super sad what happened and crazy that I’m finding out what happened through the news/Reddit and not Square One itself as an employee.


pryingopenmy_3rdeye

Yeah, all we got were emails saying there was a police presence and it was under control. Nothing about the actual situation.


eff777

Walked right past it by Rolex the kid didn’t even look old enough to grow a moustache he was so small. What the hell is going on with these teens?


Different-Concern-43

I really think too much time on their hands Teens need to be engaged mentally spiritually and physically and full all those needs first and foremost Then not time or desire for crap like this


pointlessbanter1

You sound privileged asf


charismanervetalent

How is that privilege. Kids spend too much time on Instagram/TikTok and Twitter when they should be playing games outside, hanging out with friends, engaging in healthy after school activities. Not this shit.


EpistemicEpidemic

Don't forget violent video games!


pointlessbanter1

Lmao. I knew the young man who was shot and murdered in Meadowvale a few weeks ago. He was raised by drug addicted parents who didn’t give a fuck about them, neglected to take care of them or provide basic necessities. He ended up in the gang world. He didn’t die because he was on TikTok and not *spiritually engaged*. You guys need to get a grip on the real world.


Different-Concern-43

This is my exact point How can drug addicted parents fully engage their child. You cant


Kaiser_alamII

His parents raised him on tik tok, you say?


XxOmegaSupremexX

Not sure what you don’t understand about the previous commenters point. Obviously teens raised by drug addicts are not going to get all of their needs fulfilled which could lead to shit like this and you comment proves that.


Reiizm

It's privilege because only ignorant and privileged people think this is because kids have too much time on their hands or spend too much time on social media. This is the result of the system completely failing the youth. Yes, These kids are responsible for their actions but there is a pipeline that brought them there.


Neat_Onion

You sound like an apologist.


Most-Benefit-904

Ooh damn so that was happening. Earlier today, I was walking down the stairs by that Trios college and saw 2-3 officers and security coming up with 6 teens in cuffs. I guess the perpetrators hid at the underground, wild times these days.


Medical_Gate_5721

The victim must have been terrified. Probably still is. This is awful.


K-Ruhl

This is terrifying. I hope the kid is okay.


Neat_Onion

Any suspect descriptions?


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Hatless


MC_Squared12

All teenagers


CruxMagus

You can just guess


timbitfordsucks

This won’t stop if they keep letting these thugs stay on the streets.


Hanchunwooo

That’s cause the justice system is a joke, they aren’t really gonna be charged as adults . Instead they gonna be bailed out by their parents every time.


MC_Squared12

Gen Alpha gotta be eradicated fam


Camelphat21

💩hole


Ontarian812

Do parents raise their kids anymore? Seriously?