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I found this video on the Facebook page, Now This Politics, and I found it very intriguing. This Canadian officer handled this situation very good. Off the bat I could not tell what the suspect was holding, if I was in the officers shoes, I would honestly fear for my life. I also noticed that the suspect was not firing and also screaming "KILL ME" multiple times. This us usually known as suicide by cop. Its unfortunate but some criminals do not want to be caught and would rather die. The officer handled it very well and showed a great example to future cops like myself. What i also found interesting about this video is that the video stated that Canadian police officers are spend 20% of their training on use of force with emphasis on use of non-lethal weapons or de-escalation. In the United States, police train for 58 hours on how to kill and only 8 on de-escalation. I feel like the U.S. Should take a lesson from the Criminal justice aspect from Canada.

         On April 5, 2018 an other teen lost their lives on the streets of London. Israel Ogunsola, only 18 years old, was stabbed to death. This tragic lost of life became London`s 53rd murder victim of 2018  London is on the rise of homicides mostly involving teens and people in their 20`s. London has been experiencing a spike of deadly violence that involves gangs and young people being at the wrong place and the wrong time. Most of the victims were stabbed to death due to the fact that the gun restriction is very strict in the UK. In 2017 London had 130 murders and it was never that high since the 2000`s. London was also compared to New York`s homicide in 2017, which was 290 murders. Some of the reasons that this spike of homicides is occurring could be the budget that the British government had put on the police forces, cutting funds by more that 20 percent. There were also funds cut from local councils that run many social services. This made many yo...