U.S. citizen seeks refugee status in Canada due to fear of police racism
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LookAtMeGo
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No. They ride around on horseback and apologize to everyone.
Gordon Shumway
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Oh my..
JzeroT1437
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Is it possible to also refugee yourself to canada due to repeated uncontrolled mass shootings in a country?
bonesmccoy
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Hmm, I don't think he'll be granted asylum. That trespassing arrest in Oregon sticks out.
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Subpar Spatula
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Western Canada isn't totally different. Numerous times I've been boarding the skytrain and the two cops patroling the area ask my friend (he's Fijian) for a ticket and leave me alone. I've asked when drunk and they said, "you have a good face".
It's not something totally American but it's not as severe here.
Is that being recorded by a cartoon character? I want to see her in front of the judge. That Blair Witch ending though.
Seems like it's a lot harder to get into Canada these days, but more power to him; I hope he gets everything he wants.
Ron Paul must be so proud of her!
yodathesoda
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He showed this in the hearing:"a police car driving past him and then stopping. Two officers emerge. Canty asks them why they are stopping. The officers reply they believed he was flagging them. When Canty says no, they depart without incident."
With evidence like that, he's a shoe-in for refugee status!
We'll say no to giving help to Afghan interpreters and people of Iraq that are actually in danger of torture and dying for this loser.
With evidence like that, he's a shoe-in for refugee status!
We'll say no to giving help to Afghan interpreters and people of Iraq that are actually in danger of torture and dying for this loser.
CrimsonCommie
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Oh look it's this guy making another dumb drive by post in another thread about police and black people
He's not wrong about the interpreters and others though. We really screw over locals who help us.
theignoramus
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Im dark skinned as fuck, been in western Canada for almost a decade and have never been stopped and questioned by police. (I dont do the bar and nightlife scene, so that could impact my rate of interaction with cops. Im not walking around at 1 or 2 in the morning)
In fact, the overwhelming majority of suspicion and hostility Ive received has been from private citizens.
Southern Ontario is a different story though.
and some people wear tinfoil hats to prevent the lizard people from reading their minds.....
So what you're saying is those deaths aren't as important/don't matter? While police racism and brutality is very real, I feel the media has driven the narrative to a point of irrationality.
Yeah, I've never had any major racist experience in Winnipeg. There was that one time in middle school when some white kid called me a nigger but he apologised. And there was one time, more recently, where the white cashier at 7/11 was super cold/rude to me and cheery/nice to the white people behind me. Other then that, I have not had any racist experience in Winnipeg (been living here for 10 years).
When it comes to police, I've never had a bad experience with them. Police here in general don't seem to be like the ones in the U.S. I've never seen police walking around the streets looking for people to arrest and I only occasionally see them in their cruisers on the street. I've never been stopped by police. The same goes for my family. I'm not even afraid of police and wouldn't ever hesitate to call them when I need them.
However, Winnipeg is very racist to Aboriginal people so the police are probably focused there.
I grew up in Surrey, B.C. and the kids there were racist as hell. Place was a nightmare.
Nope.
Just like Europe, Canada will let Americans visit, but if you want to move there and work, it's a pretty difficult process.
Visiting = easy.
Live/Work = lots of time, paperwork and luck.
Just like non-EU Europe, i'd like to point out. EU citizens are free to live and work wherever they please within the union.
squeakywheel
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This guy sounds smart. Let him stay. Unlike some of those we've taken in, he already knows english and will fit right in.
That was poor phrasing on my part.
"Just like Europe" was referring to how easy/difficult it is for Americans to go live/work in either Canada or Europe.
Moving for work within the EU is like moving within the States. No barriers.
Yikes.
And this is gaf.
LUFTRAUSER
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vas_a_morir
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Do they all pack heat? damn, I bet they might also have a few shooting problems, too. I figured it was like most 1st world countries where only higher-ranking officers, special forces, and detectives carried firearms.
I've found that US problems get magnified more compared to countries with similar issues because of the gigantic population, sensationalist media, and overall international focus on US culture and politics. US definitely has TERRIBLE problems, but they aren't alone in that regard... or not as alone as people would have you think.
tkscz
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While a black man killing another black man is more likely to happen, it doesn't excuse police from adding to the homicide of black men. Probably explains why I don't understand this guy's decision to go to Canada.
Nice example of the deflection. those deaths don't matter to the people that say "what about black and black crime" it is just a reflex to any time a cop murders a black person. They don't want to talk about racist issues except to blame it on people for bringing it up.
Half and half
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Canada, can I come too?
I've never been in any trouble, but the cops here are awfully frightening. They remind me of T-800s.
I've never been in any trouble, but the cops here are awfully frightening. They remind me of T-800s.
You see, we're not free of this sort of thing in Canada either, sadly.
Filth
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When I went to Toronto I tried to cross the street at a red light and my mother grabbed me and said its not like New York people wait here. Their was a cop in the middle of the street on post and my mother said I would get a ticket. It's not just an "American" thing
That's bizarre. I didn't know that. I've never been to Toronto though.
gutter_trash
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jaywalking is a ticketable offense here not a beatdown offense
jaywalking is simply a traffic violation and treated like a traffic violation if the city feels like its coffers are running dry, oh it's that time of the month! time to hand out tickets!
but it's not a ''crime'' where you get beatdown, tazed, shot or sent to jail for like in same places in the States lol
jaywalking is simply a traffic violation and treated like a traffic violation if the city feels like its coffers are running dry, oh it's that time of the month! time to hand out tickets!
but it's not a ''crime'' where you get beatdown, tazed, shot or sent to jail for like in same places in the States lol
I live in Toronto, have jaywalked my entire life and have never got in trouble for it lol
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