We are finally talking about this now eh? I lost a cousin over 12 years ago, vanished into thin air. Nobody cared. Especially the RCMP. Much like all these guys. A few posters and a lazy facebook post was all my beloved cousin ever got.
My favourite part of the article is this:
National statistics reflect a severe and often overlooked reality regarding violence against Indigenous men:
Between 1980 and 2012, Statistics Canada documented 1,750 Indigenous male homicide victims, compared to 745 Indigenous female homicide victims.
In this timeframe, 71% of all murdered and missing Indigenous people were men and boys.
According to 2020 Statistics Canada data, Indigenous men are seven times more likely to die by homicide than non-Indigenous people, and four times more likely than Indigenous women.
We hear so much about missing indigenous women. I had no idea the stat for men was 4 times higher. Why doesn’t anyone care?
There is almost certainly an active serial killer operating on the mid island for years now, and I hear random people saying this more and more. Sadly we are on our own over here it seems.
Why would we think that nobody cares? I don’t understand this outrage bait; obviously a lot of people care about this
Because most of these cases are treated as write offs and they really don’t care. Having personally lost someone in the area
Yes, that’s systemic racism and oppression in the works. Not only the RCMP isn’t invested on helping out, they are part of the problem. Doesn’t mean that nobody cares, though.
The person I lost is white but I get what you are saying
My bad, I jumped to conclusions since a lot of the case discussions are indigenous. I hope someday you and their other loved ones impacted by this negligence get some closure, even if it doesn’t come from the institutions that should have helped.
They were last seen on a reservation, however
Does anyone care though?
Yes, clearly this thread has shown that some people care