Policing, Promises, and Distractions

Post 2 – Policing, Promises, and Distractions 🎭💥

Vancouver voted for promises. And now we are paying the price — with our lives.

Ken Sim promised 100 nurses and doctors. Did we get them? No. Yet billions of dollars are being poured into policing, and police brag about drug busts like trophies. Meanwhile, people are still overdosing, still sleeping in bus shelters, and seniors are piling into shelters in numbers we’ve never seen before. 👵👴🥺

Distractions are everywhere: Parks Board drama, FIFA excitement, city photo ops — shiny headlines while the real crisis unfolds. It’s a classic Trump-style tactic: make people look at minor spectacle while ignoring catastrophe. 🎩🔥

Perspective:

• Over 18,000 people have died in this crisis
• More than 5,000 are unhoused or homeless
• Seniors filling shelters 👵👴
• Indigenous and marginalized communities facing abuse and neglect 🌿⚡

Meanwhile, politicians celebrate drug busts, selfies, press releases — as if policing alone can solve a public health and social care disaster. 💔

People steal bus rides like people once stole bread — survival criminalized. 🥖🚍

Key takeaway: City priorities are misplaced. Healthcare promises ignored, human suffering escalating, billions in policing, and distractions everywhere.

We need to ask:

• Why reward politicians for bragging about policing instead of saving lives?
• How much longer will the most vulnerable continue to pay the price while the powerful play distractions?

Vancouver missed the mark. Until we demand accountability, we all keep paying — literally with lives. 💔🥺