Treatment of Toronto van attack says a lot about our prejudices

If the Toronto killer had yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ during the rampage, one can bet it would have been labelled terrorism.

Toronto Police Const. Ken Lam, right, pictured on April 23 confronting Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ont., who was arrested after a white van killed 10 and injured more than a dozen others on a busy stretch of Yonge Street in north Toronto. Screenshot

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

May 2, 2018

OTTAWA—On April 23, a rental van was deliberately driven down a sidewalk in Toronto, mowing down a total of 26 victims. Ten of those pedestrians were killed. Of the 16 injured, many were left in critical condition. When the van came to a halt, Toronto Police Const. Ken Lam bravely confronted the s...

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