http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/shootings-linked-to-drugs-gangs-death-in-the-city-homicide-numbers-according-to-winnipeg-police-and-statistics-canada-132980823.html
Victim #33 was linked to a "Vietnamese" drug crew, but no media outlet seems to have looked for the details of their failed foray into the US crime market. We did:
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/canadian-pleads-to-cocaine-charges/article_102c671a-ee49-11e0-b900-001cc4c03286.html
Victim #34 was not alone when he was shot, with a 17 year old also getting blasted in the face (remember what we said about "reported" shootings this weekend?), rushed to hospital while his African Mafia pal was left for dead on the Lincoln Hotel pavement.
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/11/01/gang-ties-in-lincoln-motor-hotel-shooting-police
Media reporting about this shooting was less than optimal, with CBC continuing not to identify racial ID's - (the suspect in the SUV was black in appearance and, as police spinners put it "STALKY"), while Sun TV's Krista Erickson and Nicole Dube both unaware the gang, a Mad Cowz spin off, has been terrorizing Winnipeggers since 2005.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2010/01/21/f-man-african-mafia-intelligence.html
Let alone anyone in MSM asking, what was a 17 year old doing out at 4.40 AM getting shot and did he have a social worker ?
Meanwhile, Gordo outdoes himself by using an unrelated Sunday afternoon mugging of a 17 year old girl by 2 chicks on Watt St. in EK for her IPod, to backstop egghead Rick Linden's fund-more-bureaucrats agenda in Monday's Free Press. The ink-stained wretch and Professor Immobilizer want to heap more dough at "root causes" - like that's gonna stop gangbangers from jacking other teens for their stuff.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/we-need-a-better-plan-to-fight-violent-crime-132980873.html
Listen in to hear how quality journalism like Gordo's has been greeted by readers ... that's the sound of thousands of people not buying the newspaper anymore according to the official audit.
There was also some confusing contradictions between CBC and the police statement, but apparently there were 2 bear spray-induced robberies of pedestrians by a group of thugs around Osborne St in the Village. The root cause being simply - THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, GORDO.
Today is also time for a round-up of:
* Ambassador Gary Doer's visit to the home of NDP-pleasing censorship, Red River College's Creative Communications crew;
* the disgraceful attitude of Health Minister Theresa Oswald in Question Period - who cares about 361 cancelled surgeries in 5 months when Gary Filmon can be blamed?; * Kevin Chief being turned into a prop so Erin Selby can act all Ministerial instead of doing what he was elected to do, stick up for the people of Point Douglas and ask real questions in the House.
Lastly, the issues of Occupy Winnipeg seems to befuddle Mayor Katz, who wonders what these people occupying Memorial Park are about.
http://www.metronews.ca/winnipeg/local/article/1011962--mayor-mystified-by-occupy-winnipeg
Well, the best reason to Occupy anything in the city, was seen at Ozzy's last Friday night.
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE TUESDAY PODCAST:
http://tgctspod.podbean.com/2011/11/01/tuesday-podcast-ethnic-gangs-focus-of-both-weekend-homicides-gordo-wants-bureaucrats-not-cops/
NEXT TGCTS PODCAST WILL BE ON THURSDAY. PS: Two other links of interest, a weekly round-up of local stories at http://slurpeesandmurder.blogspot.com/2011/11/manitoba-links-weekly-always-so-good.html and the 18 year old son of a former NFL quarterback drinks himself to death http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/California-QB-a-son-of-former-NFL-star-found-d?urn=highschool-wp7940
