The Toronto Police Shooting of 18 Year Old Sammy Yatim - By Moses

      Friday, July 26, 2013 - Six officers confront Sammy Yatim from a distance, as he was alone on a bus, brandishing a knife.

  One of the officers fires NINE bullets at Sammy Yatim, killing him.  The officers at that point, tazer him while he is already dead.

  One shot to the leg or foot would have been reasonable force to detain the 18 year old.  Excessive force doesn't apply here.  This is a clear case of 1st degree murder by the officer that shot Sammy Yatim NINE times.  The officer had enough time to refrain shooting after the first bullet was fired.  The NINE shots indicate that he chose to execute a pedestrian with no reasonable cause on Mr. Yatim's' part to commit any assault, or pose a threat to anyone (as the bus was empty when the police arrived).

  By going along and tazering Mr. Yatim after the nine shots were fired, the five other officers implicated themselves as accomplices to the officer that fired the shots, which is essentially 2nd degree murder.

  Sammy Yatim may have been an 18 year old who was drunk at the time.  He may have been stoned at the time, or he may have suffered from Mental Health issues.  However, Sammy Yatim didn't deserve to die the night of Friday, July 26, 2013.  Being a visible minority (Persian/Arabic), he suffered the ultimate punishment - death.

  'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' would indicate that the officers on that team that night, may suffer retribution for their actions, which were pro-active to killing an innocent youth and not reactive to a criminal action (which would have justified a shoot to kill course of action).

My questions to the viewers of Midgard Journal are these;

1.  Do you think that the shooting in the fashion that it occurred, was racially motivated?

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2. Do you care if the six officers that night are avenged for this killing by legal retribution in Old Testament? or, do you think Canadian Law should be employed?