To me, organized crime would be something planned. There's what we would call a squad down here, as it pertains to a gang, and that would have about four to six people who would plan a crime consistently. One day they might hit one store and they might hit a person, but it's all planned. So that is organized crime in Halifax, to me. But I really don't see a problem with gangs down here, because they aren't really gangs. It's more youth who are looking to fit into a situation, looking to fit into a family. Maybe someone needs protection. I've been in about four what you guys call “gangs”, but I wouldn't classify them as gangs. We were a group of youth that had a name, a title, that we proclaimed as a gang or a squad, simply to fit in really and run around doing crimes that weren't really organized. In my opinion, we need more family-based activities and options, alternatives for us to do instead of doing crimes for money.
On October 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.