I hate cars as much as the next person here, but we know next to nothing about this person other than a single sentence statement from the police. And also charges haven't been laid yet because the investigation is still ongoing and likely hasn't been sent to the crown counsel yet.
I'm unclear on why only 8 murders when 11 were killed, but I imagine there's some legal stuff going on there.
What happened is fucked up and very likely could've been prevented if we had better mental health supports in BC.
This is obviously a really sad and fucked up situation but I feel like this post is unnecessarily inflammatory.
Another victim of the "healthcare" system.
Lo did not have previous criminal charges against him, but a troubled family history. His brother was murdered last year, and Lo condemned the “senseless act of violence” when he launched a GoFundMe donation campaign...
A few months later, in August, he reportedly again asked for donations, this time for his mother who had attempted suicide and needed hospitalization for a month.
A relative of Lo had contacted a local hospital’s psychiatric ward barely hours before the attack because of his worsening mental health, Vancouver Sun reported.
"SUV rams into street festival"
Another case of a posessed vehicle killing people. No responsibility on the part of the driver.
It's like the were-car from futurama!
police are describing as a car-ramming attack
Call it what it is please.
Terrorism.
The murderer was not the race you seem to be assuming by this post btw.
No name was mentioned in the article. The driver being cleared of "terorrism" this quickly almost always means one thing.
A quick Google search will pull up names and pictures. The dude is Asian, and I think potentially Filipino himself.
Wait so the meme is still right.
They went "Not Arab, not Black = mentally disturbed"
They are saying that attacker has mental health issues. He may not hate Philippinos specifically, but hating people in general is apparently not terrorism.
Cars are weapons and should be regulated as such.
Don't worry! This person (suffering from the healthcare system) will surely be put in cage for the usual torture.
But the people who design the cars and streets will continue to profit.
This person (suffering from the healthcare system) will surely be put in cage for the usual torture.
Canadian here, not even that is a given. There's a significant chance they get a slap on the wrist. For murder. It's happened before especially for murders involving cars as the weapon.
I love our justice system /s
So you’re advocating a regression to 19th century mental asylums? Discarding humans as “hopeless” cases with no attempt to reintegration? That’s a bit sick.
No. Just that where gun licensing/purchase criteria apply to cars and/or SUVs.
Where are these diving licenses for cars? I know a few vehicles I'd like to throw in a lake.
Also, what's a violently mentally ill doing driving? Someone take the keys away from the DSM
You just learned that today? How long have you been living under a rock?
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