Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Zig Zag

I've shown you these vehicles before--well, Boz showed them to you. They're a popular mode of transportation on our block, though some little legs will soon grow too long to push them.

I'm thinking of safety today, and the people who protect us, and the odd, awful story of a man who lost his hold on himself, hell only knows why. What unbearable heartbreak, that police officers die for us. How I dislike being glad that the perpetrator is dead.

I don't care what anyone says. Hand guns and automatic weapons are for murdering people. If we don't outlaw these guns, we need to change our laws about murder.

For instance: If you pass the background check, you are obviously allowed to commit murder, but who are your victims, legally speaking? Should there be priorities? Like, for example, schoolchildren are #1, law enforcement officers #2, families of the above #3, etc? Or maybe your own family gets first priority, your spouse's family second, and so on.

It's going to take Congress a long time to iron all this out.

Gratitude can't begin to describe what I feel to the officers who died, and to those who live on. That's much too simple. I am also grieving, and angry, and glad this one's over. There will be a next one, and a next one, and a next one, before we get this thing solved.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Lost his Head but Lose your Mind!


Sad to see that the quirky statues and sculptures around Toruń are being subjected to mindless vandalism. A lot of work and time was put into making these and they are destroyed in a matter of seconds by some drunken idiots! You know who you are...you should be ashamed of yourselves!!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Triangular Building

A unique triangular building stands here on the corner of 2 streets. It was here at this spot a few years ago where I was stopped by 2 policemen for failing to cross at the pedestrian crossing. Jaywalking here in Poland is a BIG crime!! ;-)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Provacative

Graffiti is still a big problem here in Central/Eastern Europe. It varies from masterpieces - pure works of art to graffiti which is actually darn right ugly. This provactive piece of work leans more towards the latter, though it is still very striking. And yes...a figure of Jesus Christ with a gun is always going to get people talking.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Graffiti Wall

Here on Torun Daily Photo, we aim to show the reality of life in Torun...beit the pretty tourist spots or unfortuantley, in this case the more ugly side of reality. This is a typical example of BAD graffiti.