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Why 72% of police-reported hate crimes in Canada remain unsolved

JL;DR SUMMARY Experts discuss the troubling statistics from Statistics Canada's latest report, revealing that 72% of police-reported hate crimes in Canada remain unsolved, with a significant focus on anti-Semitic incidents. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Hate CrimesJewsLaw EnforcementCanadaCommunity SafetyB'nai Brith CanadaStatistics CanadaRepeat OffendersUnreported CrimesDeterrent Sentencing

Places mentioned

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Silver himself used to be a police officer in Montreal before he joined the federal agency."
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
"And he joins me now from Victoria. Thank you. How many times a year does your agency report on hate crimes? "
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Sandler is a former criminal lawyer and human rights advocate in Toronto who now trains police forces and politicians about hate crimes and modern anti-Semitism and how to enforce the laws that already exist on the books."
Canada
"And unless you have excellent cameras, excellent guards, excellent witnesses, only one in four is going to get solved."
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