Instructor: Richard Wiszniowski
Student: Kyle Santos
Course: PSI-101-OLA
Assignment #1
Due Date: 11/06/2015 On the night of July 27, 2013, the Toronto Police murdered a boy named Sammy Yatim. His death caused all of Toronto to question the authority and reasoning of the police brutality caused by the Toronto Police. The people who wished to do “justice” for him argued the voice of the young Sammy Yatim. They seen the situation as a one sided situation, that being the police simply f***ed up, pardon my French. Although it may seem like a one-sided debate, there’s simply just more to this story. Most who would argue justice for Sammy would usually be on his side. This would be because they believe what the police did was wrong. Justice to the people who argue on Sammy’s side would be want to see the police officers who did this to be charged and arrested. This however did happen On August 19, 2013, when James Forcillo (the officer who fired nine shots) was charged with second-degree murder. On July 30, 2014, he was additionally charged with attempted murder (thestar, 2013). Although this may seem like they were getting “justice” but I believe it’s not the point. Plus he still bailed out of his charges. For the people who are with Sammy, justice to them would be to know the reasoning for this attack and admit that he was in the wrong. Let this sink in.
This situation is very scary for the transit riders; however, I believe if this individual really wanted to harm someone he would have (matteis, 2015). The fact that he persuaded everyone off the streetcar at knifepoint says to me he was trying to intimidate those individuals. The fact of the matter is, Sammy did not physically harm anyone and did not take any hostages, so I argue with so many police officers present and some of them without weapons drawn why did this one police
