SPVM annual report: crimes are up

The SPVM annual report is in, and they say the numbers of crimes against individuals is up – “une flambée de violence.” TVA says shots have been fired every 2.5 days.

The city says it’s still very safe despite the “forte hausse du nombre d’homicides” and shots fired.

The Gazette continues its series on violence among youth with pieces on the murders of Jannai Dopwell‑Bailey following an alleged turf war among teenage gangs that largely played out online, and Thomas Trudel, pondering the strong political response to the murder of an apparently innocent white kid after the killings of several nonwhite kids had been largely taken as read.