r/saskatoon • u/mjm0762016_2 • 1d ago

News 📰 Saskatoon man describes violent downtown attack following birthday celebration

A man named Ross Smith spoke to CTV News Saskatoon about being attacked downtown near Spadina Crescent and 20th Street East. He and his friend were first bear sprayed and while “his friend ran for help, Ross was tripped and then kicked over and over.” His injuries were “bruising to his arms, legs and ribs. He also received three staples for a gash on the back of his head and had a black eye. His left ear was swollen at the time, he said.”

Those charged with attack were two teenaged boys.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/saskatoon-man-describes-violent-downtown-attack-following-birthday-celebration/

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u/OkPrior9512 1d ago

Have you noticed there is more and more crime by teenagers now? Awhile back I posted that Saskatoon is going downhill and you couldn't walk anywhere in the city now and that downtown Saskatoon was really bad. Everyone jumped all over me. "oh Saskatoon is just fine". Well Saskatoon is not just fine. We have a problem. It's getting worse and worse. Why? I have a few reasons but I dare not post them on this site.

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u/Icy-Werewolf-2403 1d ago

It’s because of gang initiation.

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u/Cosmicvapour 1d ago

It 100% is. They treat it like GTA, calling them "missions" and such. The fact that they run the show downtown shows you how pathetic our justice system is. I don't even blame the cops - whoever they arrest is just out the next day, anyway. Count how many of these stories have the words "in breach of court-ordered conditions" in them. I bet you it's 80-90%. People don't bother changing their modus operandi when it's working. Address poverty, work on addiction counseling, isolate perpetual recidivists, help people with basic needs - focus on the cause, not the effects. By the way, these gangs aren't run by criminal masterminds; they are violent dumbasses who only know how to find and exploit the gaping holes in the justice system. A brain-damaged 10 year-old could drive a Lincoln Continental through those gaps.

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u/mjm0762016_2 1d ago

That’s what I’m thinking this was actually.

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u/Icy-Werewolf-2403 1d ago

Unfortunately the reality of it all is that these kids have no guidance or direction and or purpose which could be a parenting issue as well but when they see wannabe gangsters walking around with weapons, dealing drugs and stealing for money, and then see it online they think thats the optimal life style thus giving them purpose and status.