Toronto Star reporter asks police chief about 'Islamophobia' after synagogue attacks
Amarachi Amadike asked Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw if there's been an "uptick in attacks against the Muslim community" while outside of a synagogue that was targeted by gunfire only hours earlier.
On Monday's live stream, David Menzies and Sheila Gunn Reid reacted to a reporter from the Toronto Star asking Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw if there's been a rise in "attacks" against the Muslim community after three synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area were riddled with bullets.
Amarachi Amadike posed the question to the police chief during a press conference outside Shaarei Shomayim synagogue near Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue on Sunday.
The synagogue was seen with bullet holes in the front doors after police were called for reports of gunshots around midnight on Friday evening.
I sh!t you not.
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) March 8, 2026
We’re at a press conference in front of a synagogue hit by terrorist gunfire.
The third one in five days. Bullet holes.
And the Toronto Star asks the police chief: are you worried about Islamophobia?
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Sheila condemned Amadike's remarks as insensitive, noting he was standing directly outside a synagogue during a wave of violent attacks against the Jewish community.
"You're literally standing at a synagogue, the third one shot up in five days. And that's just in five days, that's not the girls' school that's been shot at twice ... that's not the fistfights that break out on the lawns of synagogues when talking about real estate development," she said.
York Regional Police also responded to reports of gunfire at a synagogue near Clark Avenue and York Hill Boulevard in Thornhill shortly before midnight on Friday evening.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found evidence of gunfire targeting the Beth Avraham Yosef of Toronto synagogue. Police reported that six bullet holes were found in the front doors of the building and two people were inside when the gunfire erupted. No injuries were reported, and authorities continue to investigate all three shootings.
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Don Sharpe commented 2026-03-10 09:31:57 -0400Raised in Alberta, originally from Nigeria, this reporter is Amarachi Amadike. He’s a reporter for the Toronto Star only because he checks the right boxes to qualify for the inaugural CJF-Toronto Star Black Journalism Fellowship.
If your money supports organizations like, Aritzia, BMO Financial Group, Canada Life,Unifor, Lululemon or North Horizon then YOU are helping to pay for this DEI program to have Toronto Star employees ask these kinds of questions.
There’s also money for this program from a shadow organization called the ‘Justice Fund’. They are possibly linked with ‘Justice Fund Toronto’ but nobody seems to know exactly where their money for these DEI programs comes from. -
Bruce Atchison commented 2026-03-09 19:36:49 -0400So Islamists shoot up a synagogue and all the cop and the Toronto Star reporter care about is will it make people angry at all Muslims? Do those two think we’re stupid? Sure one or two lunatics might go off but it’s so rare that leftists have to make up hoaxes to justify their views.
