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Police Sting in Vancouver Reveals Kindness Not Criminality
// RYOT News
Vancouver has a problem with people beating up the disabled.
There have been 28 violent offences on people with wheelchairs since the beginning of 2014, according to the National Post, and Vancouver police are looking to find the perpetrators.
Many of the victims have been mugged, assaulted and harassed, particularly in the city's notorious Downtown Eastside (DTES). Another victim was sexually assaulted.
The local police department decided to get to the bottom of the problem and one officer went undercover as a disabled, wheelchair-bound person to find out who is committing the assaults.
The idea was to bait the criminals by showing cash or valuables like cameras.
"My boss tied a pork chop around my neck and threw me into a shark tank," said officer Mark Horsley to the National Post.
"We wanted a serious assault or a robbery. That's all we were after."
Yet, instead of violence or robbery, the officer experienced good old-fashioned sympathy, kindness and charity. After five days the officer had been offered food, money, support, and friendly cautions. Not a single arrest was made.
People left money in his lap despite not panhandling and others bought him a pizza.
Despite all the weeks of planning the operation the police were left with two things: the realization of how friendly their city was and $24 in spare change.
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