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A fireman and a clown walk into a brothel, a little history that led to Toronto's police reform (Original Post)
yaesu
Aug 2020
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Phoenix61
(16,993 posts)1. That was very interesting. It's amazing how
one incident can have such far reaching repercussions.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. Very interesting
Thanks for posting.
Hotler
(11,396 posts)3. Oh wow! Thanks for sharing. The History Guy is always a good watch. nt
underpants
(182,626 posts)4. Was the Yak woman busy?
Fascinating.
thucythucy
(8,039 posts)5. So reforming the police in Toronto meant
firing every single cop, and hiring a whole new force.
Maybe the mayors of certain US cities might take a clue from this fact.
myccrider
(484 posts)6. Wonderful!
A new channel to nerd out watching. Thank you.
Very interesting story. I really enjoy history, but my grandson is going for his PhD in the subject because he loooooves history. Ill have to send him a link to this.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)7. You're welcome, he has lots of great content & I think his wife has a history degree too and helps
out with research.