So tired of the same old lip service from Toronto Police Chief Blair, always too little, too late until the NEXT poor black kid is needlessly murdered. We need some long overdue leadership from our police, our politicians, teachers, city workers & all levels of gov't. Because this problem goes far beyond Toronto. Mayor Ford has been doing something positive with his volunteer coaching of mostly black, disadvantaged kids in football, but we could use a whole lot more men to serve our youth as role models to make a noticeable difference. We need less talk and a lot more action! Perhaps the mayor could implement a mentorship program immediately to add to his own initiative in that area for the past decade. More men in the black community must step up to help serve their own youth, and help those gallant few leaders that already do. Aside from offering specfic projects to deal directly with bullying in schools to help young kids everywhere, there are many other things we can do to thwart these violent 'gang wars' who are terrorizing the GTA. How about asking our Fed. Immigration people to revamp policy & vetting those we let into the country since most of the criminals slipping thru, end up in the GTA. . Then let's prosecute and/or deport the illegal trouble makers immediately. Our borders guards need to be scrutinized, then heavily armed & trained to properly screen all vehicles for drugs, weapons, firearms & other contraband that feed the violence and hurt law abiding citizens. We do this thoroughly at airports but are far too lax at all road borders! We need to fix the non functioning cameras in the priority GTA neighbourhoods to gather evidence of suspicious behaviour & outright criminal activity. And let's have more police outreach & patrols to protect the dangerous communities, to deter these gangs, catch the shooters, to rebuild trust with the law abiding citizens who are so afraid to interact & report crime. Prevention is a lot easier and less costly in terms of dollars and LIVES than fixing this problem through the courts, health care & penal system, dealing with all the fallout. These are practical things that should have been inititated decades ago, so stop the BS and procrastination or let's find the right people who WILL do the right things. Haven' we wasted far too much time, money and lives already??