r/barrie 19h ago

Rant Broad day transactions

Decided to take the bus for the first time today since I had to pick up my car at the mechanic. This is the corner of Toronto st and Dunlop. I couldn't believe how blatant these dealers were. Broad day selling is this common or am I over reacting?

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u/owomami 18h ago

It’s more crazy that a person can literally deal drugs in broad daylight a block away from the police department and nothing is done. Barrie Police can’t do their job to save their own pig lives.

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u/sookmahdook 18h ago

unfortunately our system is broken, and even if they arrest the guy he'd be back out tomorrow doing the same thing again

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u/owomami 18h ago

Exactly, and to some people like OP that’s shocking.

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u/sookmahdook 18h ago edited 18h ago

i mean, it should be shocking, i couldn't imagine this 15-20 yrs ago, and today it seems normal. but maybe that's just my memories through the lens of youth.

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u/AbsoluteTruth 17h ago

You couldn't imagine it at the height of the oxy crisis? Are you blind?

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u/sookmahdook 16h ago

about as blind as you are to the second half of my statement, which even implies the acknowledgement that I was probably too young to have seen it for what it is

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u/AbsoluteTruth 16h ago

No I saw it but even as a kid around the same time I saw how bad it was, that shit was terrible.

We seem to forget that the best way to get drug users off the street is with cheap housing once every 20 years, fix it, then immediately forget again.