What of the small child and the two dogs?
We are all sickened by the violence that seems to be out of control in our city. Some of us have become fearful. Yet,there are those in our community where violence is all they have ever known. There are young children in our community who have been fearful their entire lives. Now some of us can know in a small way how they feel.
We read the headlines, but obscured at the very bottom are hints of young lives that are directly touched by violence and criminal activity. They do not know any different. It is difficult enough for children raised in nurturing homes, what about the children without a decent drop of nurturing?
Go to the bottom of this story; where will this child end up? What kind of life will they live as a teenager?
Delta strike force uses flash-bang bomb in raid on home; six arrested
Tom Zytaruk, Surrey Now
Published: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Delta police and an emergency response squad raided a North Delta house on Thursday morning following several months’ investigation into ID theft, counterfeiting and credit card fraud.
The strike force used a “flash-bang” bomb to stun the occupants. In the end, three women and three men were arrested.
The incident happened in the 8800-block of 118th Street. Nobody was hurt in the take down, Const. Sharlene Brooks said. She added that the ERT squad was called in because a threat had been made against police.
“Public safety was a priority,” she said.
She said police made sure a little boy who lived at the house was not there when they raided the place.
“We’ll deal with the appropriate agencies to make sure he’s OK,” Brooks said.
Name have not been released.
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Here is the same story, but reported in the Surrey Leader. Again at the bottom is a hint of the insidious nature of violence. It affects every living being in a home. Animal abuse, child abuse, spousal abuse, elder abuse. Now is the right time to use the community’s anger, disgust, and fear to help the people and animals that live with violence in their homes.
Police raid North Delta home
By Dan Ferguson – Surrey North Delta Leader
Published: February 19, 2009 12:00 PM
North Delta resident Ahmed Bajwa said he got along fine with the people in the one-story stucco house with the faded green siding and Canadian flag flying in the front yard. “They were nice to talk to,” Bajwa said of his next-door neighbours.
But things kept disappearing from the Bajwa’s new house during its construction. Copper wiring, rain gutters, tins of paint, and 15 to 20 boxes of granite floor tiles went missing.
After he complained to police, uniformed officers in marked patrol cruisers began making regular trips by the house, Bajwa said. So he wasn’t too surprised when Delta Police raided the home in the 8800 block of 118 Street around 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Members of the Delta Police Department and the regional Emergency Response Team used stun grenades to force their way inside.
Bajwa slept through it, but other neighbours said the “flash-bangs” made a heavy thud, and they saw smoke pouring from the house and a shed in the back.
Six people – three men and three women – were taken away.
Delta Police Const. Sharlene Brooks said the raid was the culmination of a months-long investigation into multiple incidents of property crimes, including ID theft, counterfeiting and fraud.
Brooks said the ERT was called in because some of the people under investigation had a history of violence.
“There was a threat made against police,” Brooks told reporters at the scene.
After the occupants were removed, police brought in a van to collect evidence and animal control officers took away two dogs.
These criminals don’t care about their own children and animals. But we do. Please join Semiahmoo Animal League Inc (SALI) and help abused and neglected children heal emotionally from trauma. SALI’s Farm will offer animal-assisted and horticultural activities that provide a haven for children, plants and animals to bond, learn and heal with one another. To stop the violence in our streets, we need to stop the violence in our homes.
To find out more about SALI’s Farm go to www.sali.ca