The McMynn Kidnapping

Every single night, the first story of the news has been about , what is going on with the case, and what they are doing to resolve it.

This very much is a tragedy, and my heart goes out to the family. But would we have heard about it so much if it wasn't a high profile family or a family with little or no money.

A few days ago, the second story on the news was about another boy of 17 that had been missing already for a week. It took them a week to report on it, and there were no specialists brought in to give their opinion on the situation.

I realize that a family with influence is definately going to be more desirable to the press, but how is one familys strife more important than the next?! :( Why doesn't the 17 y/o boy deserve as much press, wouldn't it also help find him? (I tried to find the news story, but I couldn't)

[Wood]

well it also probably has to do with the father sending out videos pleading to the kidnappers, against the advice of the police.... makes for good tabloid news. I got the distinct impression that the kidnapping may have been related to some of dad's shady business dealings, as implied by the article in the Province. obviously anything printed in that shit rag should be taken with a grain of salt, though.

[Ragga_Wh0re]

i dont think it has much to do with the family being high profile,but more so to do with thier ethnic background.

Lets take that one lady who was murdered this winter,her body found at city hall...she was white and her face was plastered on a billboard trying to solve the crime.Why wasnt the same thing done for all of the missing native prostitutes that went missing on the dt east side?Lets take highway of tears into consideration too....guaranteed if those girls who turned up murdered and missing where white,thered be a shit storm of media attention and a greater desire by the police to find and prosecute the bastard who was killing those girls&women.

when youre an ethnic minority youre overlooked,especially if youre of native descent.

[sidekick]

^unfortunately this is extremely true. there were also several first nations women to go missing along some highway in the interior (highway of tears) and the police only started really looking into it when a white girl went missing.

we think that canada doesn't have racist problems...but look who gets the privilage of speedy police work. it's the white folks.

edit: another example is the ammount of media attention that the white girl who got shot in toronto got. think that's the first time someone has been shot in toronto?

I agree that there is some serious one-sidedness in the media when it comes to race, but Graham McMynn is of mixed race. I feel this is truely because his parents live on the right side of town.

I find it appalling that the media/police/government allows this to happen. Especially for a country that claims to be so multi-cultural. :(

[PwInCeSs]

Graham McMynn found alive in Surrey

document.write(dateConvert("2006-04-12 10:58:57"));April 12, 2006 - 10:58 am
By: News1130 staff




Graham McMynn has been found alive in Surrey following a police raid at a location near 146th Street and 76th Avenue. This followed similar raids today in East Vancouver. The 23-year-old has since been taken to Surrey Memorial Hospital. Police have also made a number of arrests. McMynn was kidnapped eight days ago at gunpoint from the upscale Southlands neighbourhood of Vancouver. Vancouver Police were at the scene yesterday morning, hoping to jog peoples' memories about what happened on April 4th. Graham's family had also made two heartbreaking video pleas for his safe return. The VPD will have more on the investigation at a media briefing this afternoon at two o'clock.



Good to know he is safe....

[~lazee_grrl~]

^^ glad to know!

Originally Posted by PwInCeSs

Graham McMynn found alive in Surrey

document.write(dateConvert("2006-04-12 10:58:57"));April 12, 2006 - 10:58 am
By: News1130 staff




Graham McMynn has been found alive in Surrey following a police raid at a location near 146th Street and 76th Avenue. This followed similar raids today in East Vancouver. The 23-year-old has since been taken to Surrey Memorial Hospital. Police have also made a number of arrests. McMynn was kidnapped eight days ago at gunpoint from the upscale Southlands neighbourhood of Vancouver. Vancouver Police were at the scene yesterday morning, hoping to jog peoples' memories about what happened on April 4th. Graham's family had also made two heartbreaking video pleas for his safe return. The VPD will have more on the investigation at a media briefing this afternoon at two o'clock.



Good to know he is safe....

No doubt.....

That is relieving....I am curious to know what the series of events were and the motive.

[MissMarz]

So they found him?

[PwInCeSs]

yup..

[mojo]

Canadians think that since we coined the phrase multicultural and do all this hoity toity equality work that we are not racist. that is complete bullshit. we have a grime history just as the states do, it is just not nearly as discussed.

I think that this case recieved more attention because of the family involving the media, and because of who daddy is and his status in society. many ethnic minorities lack the roots here to have "pull" in the goverment or other powerful areas.

[wishbone]

agreed on avana's point, il be sure to watch the six oclock news tonight to see if they found out the motive.

[dj_soo]

big reason this got the attention it did was that he was a) white and b) wealthy

[miss.myra]

I always thought this got attention because some kid, not known to police, and not known to be connected with any sort of organized crime (as far as we know) was abducted at gunpoint in broad daylight in a good neighbourhoood.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shit like that certainly does not happen every day in this city.

and people need to really get into their heads that this person WAS NOT WHITE.

Originally Posted by miss.myra

I always thought this got attention because some kid, not known to police, and not known to be connected with any sort of organized crime (as far as we know) was abducted at gunpoint in broad daylight in a good neighbourhoood.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shit like that certainly does not happen every day in this city.

and people need to really get into their heads that this person WAS NOT WHITE.

I agree this doesn't often happen in our city. But a lot of people do go missing, and their cases are hardly as big of news as this was.

ps - thanks for pointing that out again, he is half asian.

[miss.myra]

People go missing a lot! But people don't get abducted by gunpoint in the broad daylight in a seemingly well planned and executed way, right?

[dj_soo]

meh - white enough.

[PwInCeSs]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

People go missing a lot! But people don't get abducted by gunpoint in the broad daylight in a seemingly well planned and executed way, right?

Exactly...
And with missing people the media coverage all depends on how much the family is out there trying to get the coverage.
This was way different, very serious, how many of us can say we remember something like this happening in our area in tyhe middle of the afternoon.

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

People go missing a lot! But people don't get abducted by gunpoint in the broad daylight in a seemingly well planned and executed way, right?

that's true. but you can't deny that it's become so high profile because of other factors like money and race.

one half-asian kid abducted at gun point in broad daylight from a wealthy neighbourhood.

vs.

dozens of first nations women abducted in the downtown east side.

and we can obviously see which one was acted on quicker.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by Avana

Every single night, the first story of the news has been about , what is going on with the case, and what they are doing to resolve it.

This very much is a tragedy, and my heart goes out to the family. But would we have heard about it so much if it wasn't a high profile family or a family with little or no money.

A few days ago, the second story on the news was about another boy of 17 that had been missing already for a week. It took them a week to report on it, and there were no specialists brought in to give their opinion on the situation.

I realize that a family with influence is definately going to be more desirable to the press, but how is one familys strife more important than the next?! :( Why doesn't the 17 y/o boy deserve as much press, wouldn't it also help find him? (I tried to find the news story, but I couldn't)

it probably has alot to do with the fact the seventeen year old simply disappeared without any real evidence of foul play. Whereas the rich kid was grabbed at gun point, in front of his house, in the broad daylight and in front of multiple witnesses.

Same could be said for the missing women of the dtes, not all of which were native but all were prostitues, or transient drug addicts with no fixed address. Due to their lifestyle when they disappeared the evidence of foul play is certainly not blatant enough to attract much attention. Drug addicts go missing all the time, this is a phenomena many of us are familiar with when ravers disappear. there is also the fact that the vpd mishandled the case because they were afraid to admit that there might be a serial killer operating in their area.

Its too simplistic to blame these things on soley on race, especially when many of the missing women were non-native, white and came from a plurality of socio-economic backgrounds.

[miss.myra]

I really wish godwin's law included pulling the race card in threads sometimes.

This is not about skin colour (and no, half white does not equal white even if it's 'white enough') it's about money, it's about the fact that shit like that doesn't happen in a city like vancouver all the time, and a lot of it is the fact that the parents have gone public with it with their pleas.

[Anjew]

Originally Posted by SEAN!

it probably has alot to do with the fact the seventeen year old simply disappeared without any real evidence of foul play. Whereas the rich kid was grabbed at gun point, in front of his house, in the broad daylight and in front of multiple witnesses.

seventeen?
I think the guy is 23...

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by Anjew

seventeen?
I think the guy is 23...

talkin bout the other guy bro'

[TrixX]

pretty amazing that they found him!

i can only imagine the family's reaction if everyon in the police station was crying from the news!

def started my day off nicely knowing that

[nabs]

News conference today where they will give the names of the Kidnappers and and interview with a family member. today @ 10:30, im guessing on all canadian news channels.