Brad Hunter

Hunter is National Crime Columnist for The Toronto Sun. He previously worked for the New York Post. "An unrepentant old pirate." Tips? [email protected]

[Carson Jerema @CarsonJerema]

@HunterTOSun This story is so crazy before you even get to the protests, but CBC thinks so elements are secondary to hallucinating a far right threat.

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@CarsonJerema Was Chris Brown equally worried that the "far left" might be exploiting the death of George Floyd? Doubtful

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

Kathy Jones, 12, planned to rollerskating. She was raped & murdered. That was 1969. Are cops closer to the truth? #truecrime #truecrimecommunity
https://t.co/5qhuL9A2x7

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@TristinHopper So Lawrence Martin isn't dead?

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Precisely, @IvisonJ

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

When I was a kid I thought Lovey Howell was about 88 years old. Now I’m like “There was a pretty strong third alternative on that island.”

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@terrynewman Welcome to Pussyland

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@terrynewman TMU you say! Instructor you say! Journalism boards and councils you say!

[Heidi Bachram @HeidiBachram]

Ten Flotilla land convoy members were detained by Libyan militias TEN DAYS AGO and just had their imprisonment extended by the repressive regime there. I haven’t seen a global outcry or obsessive coverage by media. I wonder why.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Dear @MarkJCarney, will this result in an increase or decrease in Jew-hatred in Canada?

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@alanfryermedia I guess Gary is back from doing the heavy slogging at the Globe's Palm Springs bureau.

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@l3v1at4an And she's doing the tiny lefty female fingers trick!

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

Will there finally be answers in the 1969 Nashville murder of 'Kathy' Jones, 12? #truecrime #truecrimecommunity
And think about subscribing to Crime Scene USA!
https://t.co/5qhuL9A2x7

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@TheophanesRex @TheTorontoSun We couldn't get a photo of the accused. We looked. Wedding hovers in the background of all the border busts so we used that photo. No conspiracy theory.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

The “Toronto man’s” name is Iman Behdar btw

[Aaron Pete @Aaronpete_]

I'm prepared to go to jail over this.

My grandmother Rita Pete went to St. Mary's Indian Residential School. She experienced terrible abuse. As a consequence, she struggled with alcohol use most of her life.

My mother was born with FASD as a consequence of her using alcohol to cope with her trauma.

I am Chief of my community Chawathil First Nation. I am working to address the longstanding impacts of these past policies through renovating homes, building new homes, creating childcare, and growing businesses through economic development.

I have interviewed people who went to Indian Residential Schools. I have interviewed people who believe Indian Residential Schools were awful, horrible schools, meant to remove the Indian from the child.

I've also interviewed people who believe they were well intended, generous investments by Canadian taxpayers meant to assimilate a society and had shortcomings.

Like with many things, the history is dark, complicated, and with any policy that existed for a long time, across a whole country - there were different experiences.

No one story tells us everything. No report shares the full experience of the individuals who went. No commentator today can disprove someone's lived experience with statistics.

The path forward is not to criminalize speech, questions, or debate.

The path forward is empathy for past attendees.
The path forward is truth based on facts.
The path forward is real conversations.
The path forward is to lean into complexity.

If the government criminalizes this, then I will be a criminal for having these conversations.

If I am a criminal by the laws definition, then I am committed to going to jail over this.

[Toronto Sun @TheTorontoSun]

Hell on Wheels teen terror Mackenzie Shirilla racking up sexxx-rated antics in prison
https://t.co/L7qDhfaAOU Via @HunterTOSun

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

@sarkonakj @uOttawa Professors, you say?

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@ShabnamHamseda @sunlorrie Police have not released. So far, there are no charges.

[Brad Hunter @HunterTOSun]

Serial killer Neal Falls flew under the radar delivering terror across multiple states. It came to an end in #WestVirginia when a plucky prosty turned the tables.
#truecrime #truecrimecommunity
https://t.co/ezj5Ka9PR8