CRIME, COMMUNITY, BRAMPTON

This Really Annoyed Me

⏱ Estimated Read Time: 5 minutes

Yo, this video really pissed me off. I’m not sure if my anger is justified, or if I’m just being manipulated by seeing so much of this lately. In case you haven’t seen it, just watch this video.

So, this is from a nearby LCBO out here in Ontario. For those not in Canada, private stores can’t sell liquor; it’s all managed and sold by these government-run liquor stores called LCBOs. That aside, three dudes just try to steal as much as they can carry, and a lone citizen tries to stop them. The workers are rightfully standing aside, telling him to chill, which is what anyone who’s worked in retail is told from the start: don’t risk your ass to confront a thief. Even as private security, you’re not actually allowed to intervene and stop the theft; you’re really just there to record and report. Insurance is there to cover the losses, and the police are there to investigate and intervene if they need to.

I remember when I did security a lifetime ago, I was told that intervening and risking injury to myself and a thief could put the company at risk of liability claims. It just ain’t worth it, so I get it. I don’t like it, but I get it. It’s definitely one of those things that annoys me. I actually applaud the Good Samaritan here because I’m sure he’s been feeling pretty frustrated and just wants to restore some civility.

Out here, there’s definitely been a feeling of complete lawlessness lately, with all the brazen car thefts and petty crime seemingly out of control. Police caught a bunch of guys involved in the largest gold heist in Canadian history the other week, and they were out on bail, heading up the gym the next day! Now, I’m not going to totally [expletive] on the bail system for allowing people out because otherwise, we ain’t exactly ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ are we? But there’s got to be a line somewhere that says if you get caught stealing once, then maybe when you get caught stealing twice, we don’t just let you go so quickly.

The thing is, this video doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Just last week, we had this brazen carjacking attempt from a grocery store five minutes from here, where some kids tried to steal this guy’s car but instead ended up crashing it and running off. The same thing happened a few weeks earlier, where these kids tried to bump and run. Unfortunately, in that case, they bumped the car a bit too hard, and seemingly, it wouldn’t run. While some of these people are caught, it’s after they’re caught that you learn that most of them were already out on bail and were often out on bail when they attempted this [expletive]. And these are just the documented cases captured on video.

Maybe it’s happening so close to home is why I’m feeling this sort of helplessness more than usual, more than I ever have in the past. One of my boys also just had his new car stolen out of his driveway this past week, while some others have been the targets of extortion attempts in the past. So yeah, there’s a likelihood here that all of this is just happening way too close to home for comfort, but there’s also this sense of lost honor for the community as a whole. As a community, we used to be super close-knit and often praised for the good we did, but now we’re just walking with our tails between our legs, as online blogs and their comment sections just continually gets new content to point their fingers and say, ‘Yeah, those guys.’

I get that the ‘model minority’ [expletive] is all ingrained in all kinds of racist sentiment, and that being worried about what Nancy from accounting and how her ilk may perceive us is rooted in all kinds of self-hate. It’s also not like these guys are the first people ever who attempted to rob or steal from a liquor store, and maybe all this crime is just part and parcel of inefficiencies in our system today, with a lack of jobs, housing, and the complete annihilation of the middle-class dream.

So why then am I annoyed? Firstly, I’m annoyed that we as a community have fallen into these new lows of stealing liquor, that we ain’t got the support systems we once did to help newcomers, that keeps some from resorting to stealing. I’m annoyed that even if it doesn’t matter, the manager from HR is going to give me a questionable side-eye, thinking this is what me and my people are about, even after decades of positive community building. I’m annoyed that the government imported so many students without doing anything to help house them, driving up housing and rent prices to these ridiculous highs, with the only jobs being afforded to a lot of these kids being Uber delivery. I’m annoyed that our judicial system offers next to no penalties for repeat offenders, that we’re all just feeling a little left to our own out here. I’m annoyed that there’s really not much you can do to counter these kind of things other than reporting to the police and waiting the 30 minutes to an hour for them to respond, only for them to take some notes and say they’ll add it to the list.

I’m annoyed that when people fed up with this [expletive] try to step in, we’re part of a system that treats them as if they’re in the wrong. I’m not condoning vigilantism, but at some point, it feels like it’s the only option we got left, but one that would punish us more severely than the very criminals we’re trying to stop. Anyways, that’s all I got for today. Let me know if you think I’m wrong. As always, likes and subs tickle the algorithm to help boost this video. Till then, y’all stay safe out there. Peace.

View On:

updated_at 31-07-2025
Ai Disclosure: The above posts were transcribed using AI tools. Some language may not have been accurately transcribed.
Ai Header Image Prompt: High-quality, highly detailed abstract digital art, combining elements of a fragmented neo-noir urban landscape with glitch art and a touch of abstract expressionism. The image should evoke a strong sense of frustration, chaos, and a broken system. Visualize a cityscape composed of shattered, geometric shards and distorted, dark reflections, reminiscent of broken glass or cracked screens. Within this fragmented environment, subtle, blurred, and ethereal human-like forms or silhouettes are barely discernible, appearing as streaks of motion or ghostly digital remnants, avoiding overt detailed rendering of limbs. Interwoven throughout are glowing, disrupted lines and digital static effects in electric blues and harsh reds, symbolizing corrupted data streams or a failing network, adding to the sense of pervasive disorder. A central, piercing, non-representational light source or a sharp, angular void in the composition provides a focal point of tension. The color palette is dominated by deep, desaturated grays, blacks, and murky blues, starkly contrasted by vibrant, fragmented bursts of neon red and electric blue. The overall aesthetic is gritty, unsettling, and highly conceptual, designed to be visually impactful and thought-provoking without being literal, and not appearing overtly AI-generated. No text or titles on the image.