Duncan residents rally against crime in wake of shopkeepers beating – BC [Video]

Dozens of Cowichan Valley residents turned out to an anti-crime rally in Duncan, B.C., on Friday, in the wake of a violent assault on a local shop owner.

“There is no consequence, it just keeps happening, and the revolving door through the justice system — we’ve had enough of it,” said Travis Rankin, founder of Canadian Citizens Against Crime and Public Drug Abuse.

The rally comes about a week after two people were charged with robbery and assault causing bodily harm in the brutal beating of the owner of Hank’s Handimart. The victim’s son said he had chased the suspects after they allegedly stole from the store.

“The thieves that were here stole a bunch of groceries, ran off and then my Dad chased after them and then he got beat up pretty quickly after getting into a scuffle with them,” Jung Woo Kim told Global News in a previous …