Monday, November 28, 2016

"CANADIAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA WEAPONS OF MANIPULATION, DESINFORMATION, AND MASS DESTRUCTION"



Canadian media; do not incriminate the parents for the behavior of children and youth, as well as for their destructive actions in the society. Make accountable to the government and its institutions, because they are the ones who dictate, approve, and practice day to day criminal policies especially aimed to the obliteration of children and youths.
TORONTO STAR: Danzig St. shooter is ‘poster child’ for rehabilitation, defence lawyer argues 
     


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The Crown is seeking an adult sentence for the gunman who was 17 at the time of the mass shooting that left two dead and 23 injured.

By Alyshah HashamStaff Reporter
The young man who fired the shots that set off the Danzig St. mass shooting in July 2012 has become the “poster child for the concept of rehabilitation” over his four years in custody — and should be sentenced as a youth, not an adult, his lawyer argued in court Friday. 

The now 21-year-old was 17 at the time of the shooting and cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. 

After a jury trial that ended in March he was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of reckless discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated assault. 

After being confronted and shown a gun by party organizer Nahom Tsegazab, the accused shot Tsegazab twice, the jury heard. One of the bullets passed through Tsegazab’s body and struck a bystander. 

Tsegazab fell to the ground but fired 11 shots into the crowd in the direction of the then 17-year-old gunman, hitting him in the leg. Another man who has never been identified also opened fire. 

Joshua Yasay, 23, and Shyanne Charles, 14, were killed in the hail of bullets and 23 people were injured. About six weeks later, Tsegazab’s younger brother Naod tracked down and shot the initial gunman in retaliation. 

The Crown is seeking for the convicted man to be sentenced as an adult to a life sentence with parole eligibility after seven years. 

The maximum sentence for second-degree murder for a youth is seven years — four in custody and three under supervision in the community.

Crown Simon Heeney argued that it is in the interest of both the man and the public to have him under supervision for life.

He pointed to reports that say he has thrived in a “structured environment” with many accommodations, and questioned whether he had fully addressed the attitude that resulted in the shooting.

“It’s pretty clear more work needs to be done,” he said.
Heeney also noted that the young man was 17-and-a-half years old at the time of the shooting — very close to being an adult offender. 

Defence lawyer Graham Zoppi asked Superior Court Ian Nordheimer to allow the young man to be released under community supervision through the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision program, designed for youth with mental-health needs who have committed serious violent offences. 

Zoppi told the court that in both case law and his own personal experience, he’d never seen a youth make such incredible progress.

He went from a low-achieving student involved in a criminal lifestyle to maintaining an A-average in a construction-management course and is viewed by staff and teachers at the youth jail as a leader, role model and mentor for others, Zoppi said. 

He has taken almost every program the facility has and created his own program focused on youth making amends with their families, Zoppi said.

Three reports “portray a young man far different from one who engaged in that type of behaviour four years ago,” Zoppi said, adding the reports do not express concern about the young man being a danger to the community.
“He deeply regrets the person that he was and the actions he took at this time in his life.”
Zoppi stressed that a youth sentence would give the man the best possible chance at reintegrating into the community, with supports like a housing subsidy to keep him away from certain areas of the city. 

At the end of the hearing the young man apologized directly to the families of Yasay and Charles for his actions and making them relieve that terrible night through the trial. 

“I know words cannot console you for your loss and I know it might not mean much coming from me,” he said. “I’m truly sorry . . . I have had lots of time over the last 48 months to think about what I’ve done and I know now I was wrong.”

He told the court he had a support network, including family, to make sure the 17-year-old who went into jail is not same person who would return to the community.

After the sentencing hearing, Tyrone Charles, grandfather to Shyanne Charles, told reporters he feels the apology was sincere. 

“But it’s not really up to me to believe what he says. He has to believe what he says and live it and prove it,” he said. “If he does the right thing like he says he is going to do, we will have a safer community.”

During his victim-impact statement in court, Charles urged the man to treat his sentence not as a punishment but as a second lease on life.

“Make your parents proud,” he said. “Use your time wisely.”
A sentencing decision is expected on Dec. 7.




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