Canadas level-headed response to the Toronto van attack shocks the rest of the world

Canadian media and law enforcement stayed away from hyperbole and excessive use of force.

D. PARVAZ APR 24, 2018, 1:24 PM

The international media is noting the response of Canadian authorities after a Canadian man driving a van struck and killed several people on a sidewalk in Toronto on Monday.

In a scene similar to what we’ve seen unfold in several countries — France, Germany, and the United States, to name a few — Alek Minassian, 25, killed 10 people and injured 15 after he drove onto a crowded sidewalk.

The Canadian media has been measured in trying to determine the Minassian’s motives, avoiding any speculation that could link Minassian to a terrorist group, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau immediately released a statement saying that there was no national security component to the attack:

Footage shot by a witness shows Minassian waving an object at a police officer, saying he has a gun, and asking the officer to kill him. The office calmly replies, “I don’t care. Get down.” He is taken down and handcuffed without any apparent injuries.

https://thinkprogress.org/canada-response-toronto-van-attack-shocks-world-873e4bbea5a4/



Not in this country the media (television) was hoping and reporting how this murder was just like some Middle East situation, all day long and then when it was coming out that it was a asshole, that thinks it just fine and dandy to attack woman, because they get spurned, it wasn't newsworthy enough so they quit reporting..........it wasn't a terrorist attack from the Middle East , they cannot inflame the issue anymore.......................