Dealt with a city of crime

The recent judgements on two horrible murderers in the last week has opened my eyes to crime in London. It's ridonkulous. In the past six weeks there has been 15 teenage murders. I'm not talking about adults - i'm talking about 15 people between the age of 12 to 18 have been shot, knifed or happy slapped.

I normally walk around at night a little bit in my own bubble. I live in a good area, I commute from a relatively good area (the dangers have a way of creeping into the outskirts of the 'City'). But I think that's because I believe I'm back in Canada - well particularly Ottawa when thinking about crime. The closest I've come to something is my boyfriends' old student home being broken into. Ottawa is a city where there were three attacks in late August and a night was organized for women to take back the night. And that's a good thing.

This is a city where a man only attacked blonds at bus stops for years on end and he's finally been caught and sentenced to life in prison. People just don't bat an eye. However, these recent big judgements have been constantly broadcast. Perhaps because people turned a blind eye for so long even for London and people are now worried about the levels of crime. People are harping at the bit in the recent mayoral race (a post for later) to deal with rising crime levels in the city - from break-ins to things that are far worse.

Sidenote: it also allow me to see that I live in a way more conservative town than I really knew. Metro, a free daily newspaper (like the ones in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal) completed a poll that 68 per cent of people wanted to bring back the death penalty. I jstu don't think you would see those stats in a major city in Canada. Perhaps maybe in Alberta....?