The Notorious Bacon Brothers (2010)
The Notorious Bacon Brothers
“But that history was long and deeply entrenched.
For most of the early part of the twentieth century, organized crime in Vancouver was largely under the radar of the media, but without realizing it, the combined governments of Canada, British Columbia, and Vancouver had put together a perfect incubator for organized crime. They called attention to specific ethnic groups (primarily the Chinese, but also immigrants from the Indian subcontinent) and passed laws that specifically targeted them. The... government isolated these groups in their own segregated neighborhoods, which the city had declared high-crime areas, and the only official interaction with the government these groups had was with a police force that had a reputation for excessive and even unnecessary violence. And, as though that weren't enough, the government gave these groups an instant black market by banning opium, which was not only a major part of these ethnic groups' culture, but also a huge source of revenue for the otherwise poor Chinese neighborhoods.MoreLess
For most of the early part of the twentieth century, organized crime in Vancouver was largely under the radar of the media, but without realizing it, the combined governments of Canada, British Columbia, and Vancouver had put together a perfect incubator for organized crime. They called attention to specific ethnic groups (primarily the Chinese, but also immigrants from the Indian subcontinent) and passed laws that specifically targeted them. The... government isolated these groups in their own segregated neighborhoods, which the city had declared high-crime areas, and the only official interaction with the government these groups had was with a police force that had a reputation for excessive and even unnecessary violence. And, as though that weren't enough, the government gave these groups an instant black market by banning opium, which was not only a major part of these ethnic groups' culture, but also a huge source of revenue for the otherwise poor Chinese neighborhoods.MoreLess
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