Numerous casualties in downtown Toronto incident....

[Dythbringer]

Yeah the cop is obviously well-trained and performed superbly. I'm just saying that it seems to me that no mortal human being would act the way he did if he thought a gun was being pointed at him. Has to be a cellphone. I am so proud of that cop and the rest of them too. If the accused had died, we might never know the truth of this.

They've had Yonge from Finch to Sheppard closed since the attack, and it looks like they're starting to clean. They're not taking any changes, it looks like -- they're going to decontaminate the whole stretch. I guess that makes sense -- there are a lot of people who could come in contact with anything there.

Yes. I am agreeing with you. Perhaps my posts hasn't conveyed that.

So far 10 people have died and 15 people have been injured to various degrees. While we can't do anything for the 10 who are gone, we can do something for the survivors. If you can, I urge everyone here to go donate some blood (if you don't already). The people who survived will need surgeries to help them recover and the blood we donate could go towards them and even if our blood doesn't, then it will help someone who needs it.

Dyth

[Dythbringer]

The only way to stop him is, a good guy with a van.

Come on. That comment isn't going to help the situation even if it is in jest.

[manyo]

Yes. I am agreeing with you. Perhaps my posts hasn't conveyed that.


So far 10 people have died and 15 people have been injured to various degrees. While we can't do anything for the 10 who are gone, we can do something for the survivors. If you can, I urge everyone here to go donate some blood (if you don't already). The people who survived will need surgeries to help them recover and the blood we donate could go towards them and even if our blood doesn't, then it will help someone who needs it.


Dyth

Not at all! I'm just chiming in with my agreement.

[fishermccann]

No more so than saying, ' can't blame the van'.

[mosquito]

The easiest thing most people can do to help has been suggested .... I've done it several times over the years, I missed my local one two weeks ago actually but had already looked up date of the next one. Suggest you drink lots of water or juice before hand, not tight rope walking for a few days (or activities where balance may be an issue due to change in blood volume) and lay back and bleed... the person with the needle has probably done it lots and just a little poke and soon you will likely just be bored for a bit but it will help.

https://blood.ca/en

[Fox]

The officer did an excellent job. The fact that he left cover makes me think he saw the guy wasn’t armed with a firearm....

Makes you wonder if they increased training after the street car incident. Keep the suspect contained, make sure the public and officers are safe and deescalate, perfect.

[manyo]

There were no firearms involved in this attack -- I don't know why anyone would try and push the firearms agenda ahead not even 24 hours after a tragedy like this. It seems callous and selfish to be honest. If you want to go talk politics, there's a whole forum for that.

[mosquito]

It seems like this guy had no record, SEEMS to have had mental issues (given his attempt at suicide by cop and they were likely undiagnosed) and no one has been told any motive yet....

The loonies never let a tragedy go by ..... a no rent vehicles to registry?????? There have been some ignorant and stupid comments but a registry.... it ranks in the most ignorant category of those I have seen so far with the only one more mentally/morally insulting was a comment about a good guy with a van...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...632765?cmp=rss

Vehicles are a popular weapon because they're accessible, says Alex Wilner, an assistant professor with Carleton University's Norman Paterson school of international affairs in Ottawa.
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Wilner says several vehicles used in recent attacks have been rentals and there may be some appetite for creating a registry to help prevent similar occurrences. What a registry or database would look like is unclear, he adds.

Mubin Shaikh, an expert on counterterrorism, says he thinks a no rental list would be a reactive measure that would have minimal impact.

If there are restrictions on rentals, people can still borrow or steal vehicles, he notes.

"A criminal will try to take whatever they can, however they can," he says.

"Will it deter the determined attacker? Probably not."



P.S.
The video of the take down showed an excellent policeman making a brave decision given his actions and just how clueless some people can be to their surroundings... a guy yelling he has a gun, policeman with handgun drawn and 3 people just walking along clueless.

[73hunter]

The only way to stop him is, a good guy with a van.

What a ridiculous thing to post.

[Dythbringer]

Suspect is before a judge right now.