Just announced " Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival"....and another piece of the city's soul dies.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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Caribana is getting a new name
- Thread starter Myztyk
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Well what do ya know?
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityn...-caribbean-carnival-route-sends-3-to-hospital
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityn...-caribbean-carnival-route-sends-3-to-hospital
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/30/gunfire-mars-festival-of-joy
TORONTO - A man who refused to drop his handgun after firing into a crowd was fatally shot by Toronto Police late Saturday along the Toronto Caribbean Carnival parade route.
Another man and a woman were wounded shortly after 7 p.m. as the parade was wrapping up.
"Police had their weapons out" and yelled at the man about six times to "get down, get down," a witness told the Toronto Sun.
"I was looking at the guy when I heard 'pop, pop, pop'," said the witness, who didn't want his name used.
"He went down" and blood was visible on his shirt, he said. Police then started CPR.
The gunman, believed to be in his 30s, died after being taken to hospital, where the female victim was also being treated.
The second wounded man who a source said appeared to be a bystander, suffered a bullet crease above one eyebrow. He was taken to another hospital.
The drama began when five or six men got into a brawl. Then one of the men "fired a shot into the crowd," another source said
"People were running after I heard two pops, then police came and I heard more pops," the witness said.
Then he saw a girl sitting on the ground.
"Her friend was freaking out, saying 'she was shot ... in the leg or the back'," he said.
The victim, who appeared to be in her early 20s, "had a costume on," the witness said.
"Everybody was running away," he added.
"I'll probably never go again," said the witness, who went this year for the first time since 2007. "I'd just finished telling people everything is going to be okay ... they were teasing me about getting shot or stabbed, then this happened.
"I'll probably have two beers to calm down," he said, after meeting his girlfriend.
With the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) invoking its mandate to take over the case, Toronto Police were unable to release any details, Const. Tony Vella said.
The SIU is called in when someone dies while police are involved, but they also investigate serious injuries involving officers.
Previous shootings have marred the annual event -- some at festival sites, others on final wrap-up weekends.
* The incident with the most victims occurred around suppertime on Aug. 3, 1996, when gang member Elrick Christian died of his wounds, three others were also shot, including a friend and a U.S. visitor and a British nurse Cicely Malcolm, who was left paralyzed.
* Dwayne Taylor, 21, of Brampton, was gunned down at Dundas Square before thousands of people including hundreds of police officers early on July 31, 2005. He was one of three people fatally shot within a 12-hour period in Toronto.
ian.robertson@sunmedia.ca
TORONTO - A man who refused to drop his handgun after firing into a crowd was fatally shot by Toronto Police late Saturday along the Toronto Caribbean Carnival parade route.
Another man and a woman were wounded shortly after 7 p.m. as the parade was wrapping up.
"Police had their weapons out" and yelled at the man about six times to "get down, get down," a witness told the Toronto Sun.
"I was looking at the guy when I heard 'pop, pop, pop'," said the witness, who didn't want his name used.
"He went down" and blood was visible on his shirt, he said. Police then started CPR.
The gunman, believed to be in his 30s, died after being taken to hospital, where the female victim was also being treated.
The second wounded man who a source said appeared to be a bystander, suffered a bullet crease above one eyebrow. He was taken to another hospital.
The drama began when five or six men got into a brawl. Then one of the men "fired a shot into the crowd," another source said
"People were running after I heard two pops, then police came and I heard more pops," the witness said.
Then he saw a girl sitting on the ground.
"Her friend was freaking out, saying 'she was shot ... in the leg or the back'," he said.
The victim, who appeared to be in her early 20s, "had a costume on," the witness said.
"Everybody was running away," he added.
"I'll probably never go again," said the witness, who went this year for the first time since 2007. "I'd just finished telling people everything is going to be okay ... they were teasing me about getting shot or stabbed, then this happened.
"I'll probably have two beers to calm down," he said, after meeting his girlfriend.
With the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) invoking its mandate to take over the case, Toronto Police were unable to release any details, Const. Tony Vella said.
The SIU is called in when someone dies while police are involved, but they also investigate serious injuries involving officers.
Previous shootings have marred the annual event -- some at festival sites, others on final wrap-up weekends.
* The incident with the most victims occurred around suppertime on Aug. 3, 1996, when gang member Elrick Christian died of his wounds, three others were also shot, including a friend and a U.S. visitor and a British nurse Cicely Malcolm, who was left paralyzed.
* Dwayne Taylor, 21, of Brampton, was gunned down at Dundas Square before thousands of people including hundreds of police officers early on July 31, 2005. He was one of three people fatally shot within a 12-hour period in Toronto.
ian.robertson@sunmedia.ca
daytona675
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I was at the parade all day, me and all of my friends were playing mas.
Around 6 we split up, one of my boys got lost so I left the girls and went to find him. I found him on the complete other end of the road (which is a good half hour walk because of all the people walking in the opposite direction. I decided to just call it a day and went home with my friend. As we got to the car (parked about 30 mins away), we get a phone call saying our friend was shot in the back.
Long story short, she was caught in the crossfire and got hit. She's ok. Just got out of surgery and the doctor says she'll recover fine. I still don't know what this was about, but she's not a confrontational person, I doubt she started any sort of trouble. Really sad to see.
I still love caribana and will be going again next year, and still playing mas, but I find the later it gets in the day, the more people jump into the parade, the more problems arise. I'll make it a point to leave early again next year.
Around 6 we split up, one of my boys got lost so I left the girls and went to find him. I found him on the complete other end of the road (which is a good half hour walk because of all the people walking in the opposite direction. I decided to just call it a day and went home with my friend. As we got to the car (parked about 30 mins away), we get a phone call saying our friend was shot in the back.
Long story short, she was caught in the crossfire and got hit. She's ok. Just got out of surgery and the doctor says she'll recover fine. I still don't know what this was about, but she's not a confrontational person, I doubt she started any sort of trouble. Really sad to see.
I still love caribana and will be going again next year, and still playing mas, but I find the later it gets in the day, the more people jump into the parade, the more problems arise. I'll make it a point to leave early again next year.
And the tradition continues…
Time to ban this festival Dalton
Ban motorcycles from the road, how many people have been killed in the last 2 months? And the traffic jams as a result after its nut!!! BAN THEM!!
and close this mall!
Two groups of people opened fire on one another outside Vaughan Mills mall late Friday afternoon, police say.
It happened around 5:40 p.m. in the parking lot outside of the mall, said Det. Const. Heath Miller of the York Region Police.
Police received multiple calls about the incident, but no injuries have been reported.
Shell casings were found at the scene. Police have no suspects in mind at this time.
The investigation continues.
And alienates more people each time there's a violent incident associated with the festival. How many thousands avoid coming into Toronto because of the event formerly known as Caribana? That statistic will never be studied.
Hmm. Since Pride's funding was on the chopping block over that Israeli group, I wonder if Ford/Mammoliti are going to threaten this event as well. Somehow, I doubt it.
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