Twitter conversation about the some of the history behind some crime statistics

Do you hear versions of this question a lot?

@TorontoMyWay @AndrayDomise @joe_warmington @BLM_TO Tell me why blacks only 7% population but involved in >50% homicides? #TOpoli #Toronto

— Brian Connolly (@bconnolly00) April 17, 2016

It drives me nuts. So, I began to answer the question.

Toronto crime, relatively illustrated

"A picture is worth a thousand words." Below are some pictures of crime statistics - tell me what you see.

Rob Ford's fictional rhetoric vs. facts

In the wake of the recent shootings in Toronto, there is no shortage of right wing rhetoric being spewed. In an effort to provide balance with some actual facts, consider the following:

Toronto the boring

Police Chief's Bill Blair "Toronto is boring" comment is right. 

Gun violence has a supply side

I don't like the idea of increasing sentences for conviction of a crime in which a gun was used, in part because it has come into vogue as some sort of answer to the problem of increased violence using guns in Toronto. 

But, I've got to ask - why waste time on the demand side when the supply side is where the action really is?