Sadly even in Canada we do need to be concerned about Police
From “Starlight Cruises” (google Neil Stonechild to learn more…) in Saskatchewan where Indigenous people are left out in the winter without shoes and far away from anywhere warm
to Ian Bush being executed in a jail cell in BC for having a beer in public and being mouthy
to the Vancouver Airport Tasering Incident
queer bashings and even hetero women rape is under reported to police
because there is no expectation of help
and the alleged corrective process is often worse than the inciting incident
at the time I wrote this article, I talked to a man who had been lured out of a gay bar, beaten and left in a heap
the cops insisted it was a robbery with name calling
but they didn’t take his cash, his watch or a $2000 ring he had
they mugged him and didn’t take anything but his sense of safety at being in the world
and the cops took away his dignity
heavy sigh… happier thoughts…
one of my proudest possessions
a letter from canada’s first gay politician complaining about me
How cool is that?
he takes a shot at me (the news editor) and then calls for getting along
I guess he didn’t think that one through and shouldn’t have been surprised at the following lack of coverage for him
