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Bloods
Boxing Day
carding
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crack
Crips
discrimination
Don Jail
Eaton Centre
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Freakonomics
Freddie Gray
guns
hip-hop
Jamaica
Jane and Finch
K'naan
murder
racism
rap
Regent Park
riots
Rob Ford
Rodney King
Simpson-Rowe
Toronto
Valentine
Walter Scott
year of the guns
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- ISBN 9781459735064
- Weight: 283g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 11 Aug 2016
- Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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The sensational story of a girl's tragic death and the whirlwind of racial prejudices that came in its wake.
On Boxing Day 2005, fifteen-year-old Jane Creba was fatally shot on one of the busiest streets in Toronto. Police and journalists reported her death as that of an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of rival gangs.
In the months that followed Creba’s death, fifty-six men of colour were arrested in connection with the shooting. Twelve men went to preliminary hearings. One black man pleaded guilty, and another three men, also black, were convicted of her murder.
But only one bullet killed Jane.
What Killed Jane Creba is not only a story of a true crime, but of the sensationalism and prejudice that clouded the story from the outset. The author guides readers through the incident and its aftermath, revealing that the whole truth can only be known when we set aside judgements and begin to ask questions: who, what, when, where, how, why, and what next?
On Boxing Day 2005, fifteen-year-old Jane Creba was fatally shot on one of the busiest streets in Toronto. Police and journalists reported her death as that of an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of rival gangs.
In the months that followed Creba’s death, fifty-six men of colour were arrested in connection with the shooting. Twelve men went to preliminary hearings. One black man pleaded guilty, and another three men, also black, were convicted of her murder.
But only one bullet killed Jane.
What Killed Jane Creba is not only a story of a true crime, but of the sensationalism and prejudice that clouded the story from the outset. The author guides readers through the incident and its aftermath, revealing that the whole truth can only be known when we set aside judgements and begin to ask questions: who, what, when, where, how, why, and what next?
Anita Arvast is a professor of literature and cultural studies at Georgian College and has numerous publications in the arenas of social justice, education, literature, and true crime, including the book Bloody Justice: The Truth Behind the Bandidos Massacre at Shedden. She lives in Barrie, Ontario.
